§ 7. Mr. George Thomasasked the Minister of Supply whether he has any statement to make concerning his conversations with the American representative, Mr. Wilson.
§ Mr. G. R. StraussAt the meeting which I attended with a number of my colleagues, we discussed with Mr. Wilson how best our two countries could co-operate to ensure that the United Kingdom received sufficient raw materials and machine tools to enable it to carry out its re-armament programme and maintain essential civil production. Mr. Wilson said he would do all he could to further United States co-operation with us in both these tasks.
§ Mr. WatkinsonWould the right hon. Gentleman add to that statement by saying whether Mr. Wilson said anything as to the effect which this American aid to ourselves and the general gearing up of the American war potential would have on that country's production of civilian goods?
§ Mr. StraussI think it would be unwise if I went into too much detail and repeated our conversations. I have given the effect of the discussion in my answer.