as against $4.5 billion--and three times as
 much for strategic defense--$5.1 billion as
 against $1.7 billion.
 (1. I should note that for this particular
 year--1967--U.S. spending is down temporarily
 on these two missions. spending
 on the Polaris and Minuteman programs is
 ending, and we have not begun to show the
 major costs of the Poseidon and Sentinel
 systems or the Minuteman MIRV re-fit.)
 F. The total U.S. expenditures are larger almost
 entirely because of the expenditures for general
 purpose forces and for command and general
 support--the two categories covering most
 at the expenditures attributable to the fighting
 in Vietnam.
 (CHART, ANNOUNCED vs. EST. TOTAL SOVIET SPENDING,
 1950-68)
 III. On October 10, the Supreme Soviet was informed
 that the defense budget will be increased by 15
 percent in 1968. This is about twice the annual
 rate of increase for the past two years.
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