MAKING OF ARMS
EXPANSION IN INDIA
SPECIAL MISSION EN ROUTE
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, August 26.
The Minister of Supply, Mr. Herbert Morrison, made the following announcement: —
"Consideration has recently been given by the Ministry of Supply, the India Office, the Government of India, and the War Office to the question of the most effective steps that can be taken to expand the production in India of munitions and other stores required by the Forces. "The general objective is to enable India not only to meet her own needs for home defence, but to make an even greater contribution than she does today to the general war effort of the Empire, and in particular to the equipment and supply of the forces in the Middle East and east of Suez.
"That the Home Government may be kept closely in touch with India's problems and requirements and that we and the Government of India may be advised as to the most useful action to take to assist India in increasing her output, I have, in consultation with the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, appointed a special mission under the chairmanship of Sir Alexander Roger, which recently left and is now on its way to India."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 51, 28 August 1940, Page 10
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