Or, le ministre, dans son livre blanc, a annoncé son intention de réduire la taille des forces armées à 60 000 membres, soit presque 7 000 de moins que ne le suggérait l'étude de huit mois menée par ce comité mixte spécial.
Yet the minister in his white paper stated that he intended to reduce the size of the armed forces to some 60,000, almost 7,000 fewer than identified during the eight months the special joint committee was working on this very issue.