§ 66. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give particulars, separately for each Colony and Dependency, as to quantities and description of the strategic raw materials supplied to the U.S.A. for stockpiling purposes.
§ Mr. Rees-WilliamsNo. It is impossible to distinguish the origin of the various raw materials supplied to the U.S.A. for stockpiling purposes, since these are not supplied by Colonial exporters direct but are supplied to the United States Government from United Kingdom Government stocks or through commercial channels. I cannot, of course, say what proportion of the many colonial products bought in the open market by American buyers ultimately find their way into United States stockpiles.