In the first eight months of 1940 twelve countries received over a inilion dollars worth of arms and timmnition from the United Star recording, to figures revealed by. the Department of Slate, Four of these ite no" longer getling shipments Belgium, 'Prance, 'Finland "and. Nor way having sugeumbed to German Sagression. in apito of this, total shipments' (0° France. during "the cltht_ months. nearly equalled" those for Great Britain 'AIL foreign nalions_ spent total cof $222 500,654 "on armaments. from the 'United States in the period from january to. September" 1040. Air equipment accounted. for more' than inthe total expenditures.
"By far the. largest user of United States armaments was England which Bourtit a toto) of over "80" million dollars worth of war supplies, Canada fame next with about $13,600.000 lfars worth, while. Australia was third with more. than "nine milieu Mostly Aircraft Over halt of the shipments to England consisted of aircraft and plane parts, If engines. guns for! ireraft, propellers and the like! are added to the figure for planes, the total would amount to nearly!
per cent. of all money spent in the' United States on munitions by Britain, Machine guns and auto: matic "Joading rifles were a poor second. about six per cent, of the Total, the rst eight months of 1940) no war vessels of any sort were shipped to England from the United Slates, nor were any tanks—oF armoured cars, Arms and ammunition of every other sort, however, wore delivered, Shipments to Canada were even note heavily weighted in favour of and aircraft equipment, fore than #4 per cent. of the entire! tight months total of some thirteen and a half million" dollars worth' fof arms consisted or products in this category, Australia bought alittle over 9 million dollars worth of war equipment from the United States which nearly 8 million dollars went for planes and parts.
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