HC Deb 19 October 1950 vol 478 cc281-2W
Air Commodore Harvey

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what quantity of Malayan rubber has been sent to the Soviet Socialist Republics since 1945; and how far it is intended to continue supplying the Soviet Socialist Republics with this commodity.

Mr. J. Griffiths

Two hundred and sixty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-two tons of rubber have been shipped from the Federation of Malaya direct to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics since 1945 up to the end of September this year. Rubber is at present sold on the open market, but His Majesty's Government naturally watches the quantities going to particular destinations.