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IN BRIEF: Military staffing level will be slashed by 17%


THE comprehensive plan to reduce the size of the military will be revealed in
September, with 72,000 personnel to be sliced from the armed forces over 10
years, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai and a defence ministry official said
yesterday. 


Chuan said the planned cuts would represent 17 per cent of the current armed
service numbers of over 423,000. 


The division of labour between the Supreme Command and the Defence Ministry
will take clear and detailed shape when it is announced in September,
permanent
secretary for defence Gen Thiradet Meepian told reporters after a Defence
Ministry meeting yesterday. 

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