WAR OFFICE BREAKS PRECEDENT
PROGRESS OF REARMAMENT (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, November 23. In the House of Commons the . Secretary for War (Mr L. Hore-Behsha) broke the practice of refusing information in cases where corresponding information is not available for foreign countries, to counter specific allegations in circulation which he thought were calculated’to have an unfortunate After explaining this in reply te a question on the equipment of the Guards battalions Mr Hore-Belisha said: “I am prepared exceptionally to state that of the 10 Guards battalions eight have had a complete issue ot their war establishment, both of Bren guns and anti-tank rifles.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23674, 24 November 1938, Page 5
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