HC Deb 28 May 1946 vol 423 cc182-3W
Mrs. Middleton

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what assistance His Majesty's Government have recently extended to the French Government in connection with the re-equipment of the French Army

Mr. McNeil

His Majesty's Government have supplied, largely as Mutual Aid, considerable quantities of equipment for the rearmament of the French Metropolitan Forces, and negotiations are now in progress with the French Government with a view to the sale on favourable terms of further.quantities of equipment for these forces. His Majesty's Government have also equipped, principally on repayment, one full French division and a number of smaller formations for the Far East.

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