CAREFUL PLANS
POSSIBLE LONG WAR BRITISH ASSURANCE MINISTRY OF SUPPLY REPLY. TO CRITICISM (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 3 p.m. RUGBY, Sept. 27. Replying in. the House of Lords to criticism of the new Ministry of Supply, Lord Chatfleld, the Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, affirmed his belief in Britain’s preparedness. “We can perfectly and fairly claim —and it will be shown —that we have never gone into a war when our preparations have been so carefully laid or so far advanced in peace time,” he said. "We have our programme, and we have prepared for a war to last three years. Not only have we a programme, but we have been working on it for a number of years." The machinery which had been set up could be expanded to any extent wherever required.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20055, 29 September 1939, Page 11
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134CAREFUL PLANS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20055, 29 September 1939, Page 11
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