’PLANES FOR RUSSIA
QUESTIONS IN COMMONS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. April 16. In the House of Commons, Air Locker-Lampson, Under {Secretary ot State for Foreign Affairs, stated in reply to a question that he understood that negotiations had taken place between the {Soviet Government and flic British Aircraft Company, jvith a view to the supply to Russia of a considerable num her of aeroplanesHe said that no license was required to export aeroplanes from this country, but if, however, the aeroplanes were fitted with any armament, such as machine guns or machine gun mountings, a license would be required before that armament could be exported. No application for a license to export such material to the Soviet Government had been received recently. It was not the policy of the British Government to impose restrictions upon the export of civil aircraft to foreign countries.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 92, 18 April 1929, Page 7
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