NEW LEND-LEASE POLICY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1944, Page 5

NEW LEND-LEASE POLICY

RUGBY, January 18. Asked to what extent the United States had begun transferring its foreign trade from lend-lease to private commerce under its new policy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Anderson, told the House of Commons: "The United States had intimated that lend-lease terms will no longer apply in the case of requisitions made after November 15 for certain items of capital equipment required for civilian purposes. "The exact scope of this decision is still under discussion with the United States authorities, and I cannot as yet say what changes in the method of procurement may be involved." In Washington the Foreign Economic Administration disclosed that American lend-lease aid to Russia has been keeping pace with the rising tempo of the Red Army's advance. In November 338,000,000 dollars' worth of goods were shipped to Russia, the largest amount sent in the history of lend-lease.— B.O.W. and U.P.A.