§ 50. Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Prime Minister whether he will authorise the release of additional information to the Press regarding the production and employment of new British weapons, including aircraft.
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir.
§ Viscount HinchingbrookeIs my right hon. Friend aware that we have had a spate of information, and some experience recently of new German inventions; and is he further aware that the stream of new British invention appears to some people outside Government and military circles to be running a little dry?
§ The Prime MinisterReally I do not think we are obliged to keep up a steady flow of advance information about new British weapons and inventions. The Germans, it is true, boast a great deal about the coming terrors that they are going to inflict upon us but they do that to keep up the hearts of their own people. We have no need to plunge into such 33 desperate measures. We prefer to let our new weapons and inventions fall with full surprise on the enemy.