§ 26. Mr. Fortescueasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is aware that it is now official United States policy that British firms wishing to earn offset dollars by manufacturing components for United States aircraft will have to do so in the United States of America employing United States labour; and whether, in the interests of British arms sales, he will make representations to have this policy changed.
§ Mr. MasonNo. The United States Government have not made it a condition that components for American aircraft should be manufactured in the U.S.A.