BRITISH BLOCKADE
TIGHTENING THE NET FRENCH SEA TRADE "GRAVE DISSATISFACTION" (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 2.30 p.m. RUGBY, April 8. Asked whether in view of the fact that traffic, between Africa and France was nearly normal, that the weekly crossings averaged 75, and that ships .passed .Gibraltanfrom Dakar, Morocco, Indo-China and the Antilles largely unchallenged, he would take steps to tighten the blockade, the Minister of Economic Warfare, Dr. H. Dalton, said in the House of Commons that while he was not,, prepared to accept all these statements, the present state of affairs gave grounds for grave dissatisfaction.
The : British Government had in no degree waived its belligerent rights, and wherever interception was practicable the blockade runners were brought into the British control bases and both ships and cargoes were seized. He was in constant communication with the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, regarding measures for the strict enforcement of the blockade.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20527, 10 April 1941, Page 11
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