ARMAMENTS PROGRAMME
BIG APPROPRIATION FOR NAVY (United Pres* Association-Hy Electric Telegraph— Copy right! (Received 4th May, 9.55 a.m.) PARIS. 3rd May. A decree provides for the appropriation of £29,450,000 for an exceptional armaments programme, including £14.000,000 for the air, £6,500,000 for the navy and £4,000.000 for the army. The decree authorises a start on the construction before 31st December, 1939, of two battleships, one cruiser, and seven submarines, besides fast coastal patrol ships and auxiliary vessels totalling 24,000 tons. All the above are additional to previous authorisation. The decree further authorises the expenditure of £31,250,000 within the years 1938-42 for naval building and supplies also increasing the naval personnel from 69.500 to 72,500, increasing the air force strength from 44,000 to 52,500 and increasing the colonial forces.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 4 May 1938, Page 7
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