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| [00:00.00] | The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown |
| [00:03.89] | is offering to scale back Britain's nuclear deterrence |
| [00:06.81] | if an international agreement is reached |
| [00:09.30] | to cut the world's nuclear arsenals. |
| [00:11.35] | Mr. Brown is expected to tell a special |
| [00:13.72] | session of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday |
| [00:17.14] | that he'll be willing to give up one of four royal navy submarines |
| [00:21.24] | that carry Trident nuclear missiles. |
| [00:23.23] | Officials are insisting that cost isn't a factor here. |
| [00:26.47] | Here's our defence correspondent Nick Childs. |
| [00:28.58] | Gordon Brown is saying he'll be ready to |
| [00:31.51] | throw part of the trident force into the port |
| [00:33.37] | in the context of a much bigger global disarmament deal. |
| [00:35.92] | He said so in general terms before. |
| [00:38.60] | This offer though is more concrete. |
| [00:40.59] | There is a growing sense that to avoid what some fear |
| [00:44.07] | could be a sudden cascade of new nuclear states, |
| [00:46.50] | the established nuclear powers need to do more |
| [00:48.99] | in terms of disarmament |
| [00:50.35] | to keep the proliferation regime intact. |
| [00:52.34] | The Prime Minister will hope his move |
| [00:54.40] | will be seen as an important gesture. |
| [00:56.08] | But the key to the process will be the actions of the big players, |
| [00:59.44] | the United States and Russia. |
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