§ 30. Mr. CRAVEN-ELLISasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that the United States Government supported the Irish Transatlantic Corporation, Limited, in their plans for a North Atlantic air service; that the air experts at their London Embassy assisted this company in the preparation of reports submitted to the Air Ministry and to the Department of Commerce, Washington; and that the United Aircraft Corporation of America prepared an estimate of cost for working a trans-Atlantic service on behalf of this company; and, in view of these facts, why his Department have maintained that the Government of the United States would not recognise the American air terminal being placed on Canadian territory at the nearest practical point to Europe?
§ Sir P. SASSOONAs regards the first three parts of the question, I am not in a position to confirm the facts stated. As regards the last part, my hon. Friend appears to be under a misapprehension, and I am not clear what Air Ministry statements he has in mind.