§ 22. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Secretary of State for Air if he can give the number of air squadrons in the forces of the Union of the Russian Soviet Republics?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Major Sir Philip Sassoon)would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Wycombe (Major-General Sir A. Knox) on 31st March last.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEWill the hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether these figures include the aeroplanes manufactured by foreign firms for the Soviet Government of Russia?
§ Sir P. SASSOONWe have no official information on the subject.
§ Colonel DAYCan the hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether the number of these air squadrons is on the increase?
§ Captain GARRO-JONESAre the machines he referred to of the same gigantic and mythical type as we heard about during the War?
§ Sir P. SASSOONI have not heard of those machines.