CEREALS IN EGYPT
AXIS ALLEGATIONS REFUTED
RUGBY, February 19,
Axis allegations that the present shortage of cereals in Egypt was primarily due to purchases for the British forces were refuted by the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. Law, when replying in the House of Commons to a question.
"The following," said Mr. Law, "are the official figures of the total purchases of Egyptian-grown wheat and maize made by the British forces from January 1 to December 31, 1941: Wheat and wheat flour, 24,235 tons; maize and maize flour, 7805 tons. Normally the wheat crop of Egypt amounts to well over 1,250,000 tons, and the maize crop to well over 1,500,000 tons. Because of adverse conditions the estimates for the crops of 1941 are nearer to 1,000,000 tons and 1,250,000 tons respectively.
"The above totals of purchases by the British forces are obviously negligible in comparison with the total crops and cannot in any way be regarded as the cause' of the shortage." —8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 8
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