ALLIED RESOURCES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 8

ALLIED RESOURCES

AGREEMENT TO POOL

NO SHADOW OF DISCORD

MINISTERS MEET

(British Official Wireless.)

(Received January 19, 1.45 p.m.) ' RUGBY, January 18.

The French Minister, of Armament, M. Dautry, has been in London for consultation with the British Minister of Supply, Dr. E. L. Burgin, and today the two Ministers received the Press.

Their statements showed that agreement had been reached on the pooling of manufacturing resources and that practical details had been worked out down to arrangements for an interchange across the Channel of jigs and machine tools.

M. Dautry emphasised that his meeting with Dr. Burgin was the occasion for "exchanges of view" and "establishing identity of outlook." They were out for action—and they had acted. ■■*.■■. "France and England having pooled fetheir military forces, economic wealth, and financial" means by agreements made by the respective Premiers and Finance Ministers,-" said M. Dautry, "Dr, Burgin and I have combined our science laboratories, our technical resources, our machines, and our labour. All this has been done without a shadow of discord or difficulty. . "There are no longer any secrets or any frontiers between us. Can one in such circumstances speak of collaboration? I should prefer to speak of the French and British union." OFFICIAL. STATEMENT. On the conclusion of the talks the following official communique was issued:—"The agreements concluded last October between France and Britain for co-ordination to aid the economic war effort anticipated that Ministerial consultations would take place in the course of meetings either in Paris or in London during which the Ministers concerned would take any decisions' required in connection with the activities of the permanent executive committees established by these agreements and would give the committees the necessary instructions.

"A meeting of the Ministerial Armaments Council has just been held in London. M, Dautry and Dr. Burgin examined the progress made by the permanent executive committee for armaments and raw materials and, on its submissions, have taken the decisions required in all those spheres' in which the two Allied countries are at present collaborating continuously in order to intensify their common effort on armaments production and to ensure an adequate supply of raw materials to both France and Britain for this purpose."