§ Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what countries have abolished the private manufacture of arms?
§ Sir J. SIMONAccording to my information, the manufacture of arms, ammunition and implements of war is an absolute monopoly of the State in the Soviet Union, Greece, Lithuania, Panama, Persia, Portugal and Venezuela. State monopolies also exist in Turkey and Yugoslavia. But in Turkey the Government grants concessions to private industry,584W and in Yugoslavia the Government grants concessions to private industry for the manufacture of explosives and non-military arms.