DEFENCE PLANS IN NORWAY
SPENDING OF £5,000,000 APPROVED (Rec. 7 p.m.) OSLO, March 16. The Norwegian Parliament has approved the nroposal of the Prime Minister (Mr Einar Gerhardsen) to spend £5.000,000 to strengthen Norway’s military and civil defences.
The Communists opposed the proposal. Mr Gerhardsen described as "a pure invention” rumours that the Soviet Union hatf offered Norway a treaty of mutual assistance similar to that offered to Finland.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25446, 18 March 1948, Page 5
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