HELP FOR RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 192, 12 May 1944, Page 5

HELP FOR RUSSIA

War Equipment From United Nations LONDON, May 10. Nows has been given tonight of the vast amount of war equipment which Britain wid the Allies have sent to Russia. A British Admiralty statement says that in the last six months supply ships of the United Nations have delivered nearly 1,250,000 tons of war equipment and material to Russia by the Arctic route. These ships Were protected by British and Allied warships under the general direction of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Cotnmander-in-Chief. Home Fleet. More than OS per cent, of the supply ships delivered their cargoes safely, and the enemy ships which tried to interfere were heavily damaged. When Mr. Churchill made a statement today in the House of Commons about aid to Russia he said that the Royal Navy had suffered almost all the losses of warships, but that in merchant ships, the Allied nations, particularly the Dinted States, had suffered the heaviest losses. ■ . , , The Prime Minister said that between October 1. 1941. and March 31, this year, we had sent Russia 5031 tanks (ofwhicl 1233 were from Canada) and 6718 aircraft. including 2672 from the United States. Mr. Churchill explained that . the planes from America went to Russia as part of the British commitment in exchange for the supply of British aircraft to the United States in the European theatre of war. . We had also sent the Soviet Union £80.000,000 worth of raw materials, food stuffs, machinery, and medical supplies. Most of the raw materials came from the Empire. _________