HC Deb 02 February 1931 vol 247 cc1461-2W
Mr. SMITHERS

asked the Secretary of State for War the amount of the last vote for the purposes of the Commissar of War in the Soviet Government?

Mr. SANDERS

I have no official information, but according to the Soviet Press, a Vote of 1,290,000,000 Roubles in 1931 for the Commissariat for War has been confirmed by the Government of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. I am not aware whether this figure corresponds with the total figures for defence expenditure in previous years shown in the League of Nations Armaments Year Book.

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