HC Deb 22 February 1939 vol 344 c371
49. Mr. G. Strauss

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he now has information as to the country of origin of the arms taken from Arab terrorist gangs in Palestine?

The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald)

Yes, Sir. An analysis made by the Palestine Government of arms seized by troops and police between July and November of last year has shown that they came almost wholly from stocks which had remained in the Middle East since the Great War.

Mr. Mander

Has not information been brought to the attention of the Government showing that some of the arms that have been brought in to the terrorist gangs have come definitely from Germany?

Mr. MacDonald

That is the case in a very few instances.