CONTROL OF ARMAMENTS
Proposed Inspection of Factories Not Suitable
BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S VIEWS
QUESTIONS IN COMMONS
(British Official Wireless) Received 2.15 p.m. to-day. RUGBY, Feb. 20,
The British Government’s attitude towards the proposal for the inspection of armament factories at the Traffic in Arms Committee at Geneva were dealt with in answer to a Parliamentary question by Sir John Simon. He said His Majesty’s Government considered an elaborate system of permanent and automatic supervision with local inspection was not suitable for the limited objective with which the committee was dealing. To achieve results, the machinery of supervision could, and should, be simplified without lessoning its effectiveness as. regards the immediate object in view. The United Kingdom delegation at Geneva would submit in due course proposals in this respect. The Government’s attitude to a system of permanent, automatic supervision in connection vvitli the convention for a reduction and limitation of armaments was expressed in its memorandum yn disarmament issued last year.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 21 February 1935, Page 6
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159CONTROL OF ARMAMENTS Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 21 February 1935, Page 6
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