§ 16. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount of exports from this country of armaments to the countries of the Middle East since the war.
§ Sir D. EcclesSeparate figures for military equipment sold to foreign countries are not disclosed. But exports of explosives (including industrial explosives), arms, ammunition, etc. (including some non-military material) and aircraft (including civil aircraft) to the countries of the Middle East in the period 1946–June, 1957, amounted to approximately £60 million.
§ Mr. HughesWill the right hon. Gentleman kindly forward those figures to the Foreign Secretary, who seems to think that the only country sending armaments to the Middle East is the Soviet Union? Can the right hon. Gentleman tell us whether the Soviet Union has sent less or more armaments to the Middle East than we have?
§ Sir D. EcclesNot without notice.