§ 57. Mr. Rankinasked the President of the Board of Trade what types of machinery were included in the list which the China National Import-Export Board intended to purchase in this country and which was submitted to the Board of Trade on 2nd October. 1952.
§ Mr. H. StraussThe main items in the list submitted were:
Textile machinery and equipment; office machinery; pumps; air compressors; engineers tools; generating sets; cement guns and pumps; diesel engines; transmission chain; hydraulic presses; high pressure steam valves; electrodes for arc furnaces; sand blast sets with compressors, etc.; chloride liquification plant; mine hoist machines; steam hammers; drop forging machines; electric tube welding machines; electric deep hole drills; electric coal drills; electric dynamometer; mercury rectifier; magnetic separators; various items of electric 20W power station equipment; relays of various types; metal spraying equipment; refrigerators; hydraulic jacks; metallurgical specimen preparing equipment; spares for 11,000 K.W. turbines: industrial equipment, e.g., manila rope, insulating material, basic coal mine lamps, and needles for sewing machines.