Global Economic and Technological Change, Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and China, Vol. 4: Hearings Before the the Joint Economic Committee

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Excerpt from Global Economic and Technological Change, Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and China, Vol. 4: Hearings Before the the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, June 11 and July 30, 1993A major hurdle in returning the forces is a shortage of housing, mo tor parks, and support facilities. Even with Western help, housing con struction is not keeping pace.Defense Minister Grachev has said it will take until 1997 to alleviate military housing shortages.Withdrawals are but one component of three ongoing processes: reductions, reorganization and restationing.Russia is making deep reductions in weapons and personnel strengths in response to economic constraints, a reduced manpower base, CF E treaty limits, and changing force requirements.Manning has declined to less than two million. The Russian legisla ture capped military manpower at 1 percent of the population, about million, by 1995.Indeed, Defense Minister Grachev said recently that manning will fall below one million.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.