BRITISH POLICIES, 1950: Total Spending: £4,951.8 million     Pensions: £371.5 million     Health Care: £353.0 million     Education: £564.9 million     Defence: £1004.0 million     Welfare: £372.0 million   ~With the surplus of naval mines and now that no serious naval force can oppose NATO in any way in an offensive manner, the UK government quietly sells a substantial number of those and obsolete aircraft to the Republic of China so that they may hold the isles of Hainan and Formosa against the communists in revenge for the Amethyst incident of yesteryear. ~Tibetan fighters to be secretly trained and advised by British Gurkhas in Nepal, the masters of mountain warfare. Various small-arms, landmines and other weapons sent as well via MI6.