DEFENCE OF JAPAN
BIG PROGRAMME PROPOSED. OUTLAY OF £60,000,000. ■DOUBLING OF AIR FORCE. Unit pc Press. \ssn— EW. T«*». Copyright (Received July 27, 11 a.m.) '" • V \ • - TOKYO, July 20. The newspaper Asahi Shimbun says the Army is submitting to the Cabinet a national defence programme involving an outlay of £60,000,000 in four years, of which £3,334,000 will be devoted to doubling the'Air Force; £13,333,000 to modernising the Army with the latest tanks, automatic rifles, machine guns, motor transport, and anti-aircraft equipment; and '£13,333,000 to increasing the efficiency of the Army in Manchuria.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19639, 27 July 1935, Page 7
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