TANKS AND GUNS
BUYING IN AMERICA BRITAIN’S FUTURE NEEDS SALE OF U.S. DESTROYERS “UP TO CONGRESS” (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 8. 2.40 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The head of the British purchasing commission, Mr. Arthur Purvis, said that previous purchases in America were largely based on immediate needs. The new programme, involving the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars for tanks and artillery, was shaped in anticipation of the future. This is the same programme to which the Minister without portfolio, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, referred in the House of Commons. Mr. Purvis added that Admiral A. E. Evans had been assigned to advise on “naval construction and use.” He was not specifically concerned with the proposals for the sale of World War destroyers. “However, I hope it is not a dead issue,” he added.
The Secretary for the Navy, Col. F. Knox, told a press conference that the question of selling destroyers to Britain was strictly up to Congress. He added that he was an executive, not a policy maker.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20321, 9 August 1940, Page 9
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