London, Apr. 25.
The British Government's. determination ¢o have at their disposal 8,000 or 9,000 planes within two years responsible for their decision to purchase craft from the United /States, some experts declared here today. The despatch of an Air Mission to the US, and Canada Is also said to have arisen from the somewhat pessimistic report issued by the Air Ministry, and which the Cabinet Wednesday. likely "to examine thoroughly on
According to the programme of construction outlined in 1036, there were to be by 1999, 1.750 bombers constructed in British factories and. auxiliary plants. However,—these estimates have not been fulfilled, due to the present slow rate of production. Furthermore, the necessity to Jexceed this early figure was recently indicated by the Prime Minister Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in Parliament.
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