Mr. MacDonald was then asked whether the opportunity was taken of Mr. Pirow's visit to consider the adequacy of the arrangements for the naval defence of South Africa in time of war.
He replied that the object of Mr. Pirow's visit was to discuss certain technical aspects of the defence of South Africa, including naval defence.
Questions were settled as a result of the discussions but as to details he could not anticipate the statement that Mr. Pirow might make after his return to South Africa, since that was a matter for the Government of the Unions, In a further reply, Mr. MacDonald said the Union Minister of Defence had recently announced very considerable expenditure regarding defence in South Africa and a good deal of the money involved was in relation to naval defence—Wireless through Reuter.
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