U.S. SENATOR WANTS NEW LEND-LEASE FOR WESTERN EUROPE
(Rec. 9.30) WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 He would propose to the next Congress a new lenu-iease programme to re-arm the free nations of West Europe said che chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mr Chan v-.urney (Republican, South Dakota), on his return to-day from a month’s observation tour of Europe and the Middle East. , Mr Gurney said that the United States must back up the European Recovery Programme with military supplies to guarantee the Marshall Plan Nations’ security. . Mr Gurney doubted if Russia would start a war in Europe in the immediate future, but refused to comment on the long-range outlook. He said he believed General Franco’s Spain should be granted full dinlomatic recognition, and restored to the family of nations as soon as possibie. French Government was strongly anti-Communist and should be given a chance to help the Western world in its struggle against Communism. _
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Grey River Argus, 7 October 1948, Page 5
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