(Washington, June 7, Statistics released by the State De. pertment today revealed that Japan was the second highest purchaser of arms from the United States for the month of May, with China fourth in importance.
Brazil headed the list with purchases amounting to US$1,404,824, followed by Japan with $1,346,080, Great Britain with $637,000, China, Canada, Turkey, tne Netherlands, and France following, Total purchases from the United States for the month of May amountell to $5,588,706.
Brazil's impens were constituted principally by planes as were Japan's. Great Britain bought machine-guns and planes while China also increased her air force by her purchases, Military observers here consider the importance of the deliveries made to Japan during May as a sign that Japan is modernizing her air force which until now was composed mostly of planes constructed in Jepan with British, French, and German licences, which were several years old.
Up till the present China led in purchases of planes from the United States, her total for the month of April this year amounting to $2,527,- 162, while Japan's imports for the some pr ied reached $1,889,025.
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