BRITAIN’S SHARE
RECIPROCAL AID FOR U.S.A. EFFICIENCY OF WEAPONS (Rec. 10.35 a.m.) Rugby, Aug. 27. While expressing sincere appreciation of the generosity of the spirit in which the United States administered the Lease-Lend agreement, the Minister of Production, Mr Oliver Lyttelton, in a broadcast to the United States pointed out that Britain too was doing her share under this agreement, and had sent to the United States under whai was known as reciprocal aid some things of which they were in urgent need, for instance, anti-aircraft guns, defence balloons, planes and submarine chasers. Dealing with the efficiency of British weapons Mr Lyttelton said that today our pursuit planes were the fastest and most efficient fighting weapons in the world Our 3.7 anti-aircraft, our 25-pounder field guns and six-pounder anti-tank guns have proved outstand ing successes and at least equal to any produced by the enemy or the United States. Rritain’,s early tanks had some defects but these had now been remedied and Mr Lyttelton was confident that the latest types had at least no superior.— 8.0. W
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 August 1942, Page 4
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