Officials pointed out that the Administration' has agreed to give Britain a greater share of plane production which, in November, was approximately 700 military craft, The army recently agreed to waive delivery of Curtiss P-40 pursuit planes so that the British could have the full production of these ships, It also has granted Britain prior delivery on 26 four-engined Consolidated long-range bombers, Planes are No. 1 on the list of British needs in this country, This fact was understood to have been impressed anew on the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr, Henry Morgenthau, Jr, by Mr, Arthur B. Purvis, Chief of the British Purchasing Mission, Mr, Purvis and Mr, Morgenthau went over a list of new British requirements, which includes 12,000 combat planes,
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