BRITISH EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
big machine tool ORDER
COMMENT BY DIRECTOR OF . FIRM
(Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, August 28.
Mr J. R. Greenwood, chairman and managing director of Craven Brothers, Ltd., Stockport, Cheshire, confirmed last night a statement made by Mr Churchill during his broadcast on Saturday night, that his firm had asked the Government whether it should carry on with contracts for machine tools for Russia. “TJ.e first shipments of a £1,000,000 machine-tool order for Russia and i'oiand is due to leave on September M Mr Greenwood said. “I think the export licence for these wols should be temporarily withdrawn, w e coud sell them quite easily to BritlSa buyers. It is up to Mr Attlee.” Mr Greenwood said that his firm had Deen doing business with Russia for 20 years.
We went to 8° on doing it,” he Baid “but under present circumstances we have to ask ourselves if we are doma the right thing. I have been asking the Government *or a direction in this matter for two tell me to So on trading with Russia because it saves dollars. ® Russians send us grain and we MT* • em machine-tools. is crazy. I do not like it and Wood my men ’” saic * Mr Green-
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26203, 29 August 1950, Page 7
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