The Archive · 1940

Greatest Possible Damage

In this new Ministry, he is Director-General In British istrative language, this means that he is the permanent chief of the Ministry, sub-tailed administration of Britain's economic warfare, It is his job to full effect to Britain's policy t the greatest possible damage io. structure with the least possible interference with the legitimate trading interests of the neutrals.

Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, in fact, has administrative responsibility for the conduct of the economic war—and in the first few months of the war, the weapons used have been economic rather than military.

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