INDii1. JOLJT Yf.i\R OOlvlMUNI\:UE The foll01.7ing India Joint War Comrauniq_ue, No.29 was received in London this morning: ­ Last night., January 24, R.A.F. bombers ro.idcd the Japo.nesc ,aerodrome at Shevcbo, in Burma. Our o.ircro.ft attn.eke:~, fron a f n.irly lovr altitude~ and all their bombs vrnrc seen to burst in the dispcrsoJ. o.reas, Bombs v1cre also dropped on enezjr occu1)ied villages on 11.kyab island, During offensive patrols yesterd...~ three buildings ~ere do.magec1; at Ganga.Yr, and smoJ.l shipping was o.tto.cked on the 11.ro.ko.n coast. , None of our aircraft is missing, Yi:'ili OFFICE NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR USE ON CLUD T.t'J?ES BEFORE 0830 HOURS ON MQ)'IDAY 25J.'H JllNW\RY 1943. THIS EMB1illGO SHOULD BE RESPECTED OVERSEAS BY HIBFACING .6NY MESSAGE li1II£D \7ITH TIIIS E:Mill'iHGO · Ai!' :Ministry News Service !d:£ Ministry Dulletin No. 9081+ /. An Icelandic pilot, believed to be the only one of his nationality in the R.A.F. is flyin3 vd..th a :D'ishter squadron in North Africa. Ho is Fli.r'.ht Ser::::;eD.nt Tony Jonsson, of Hcykjavik. Already he can clo.im three enemy ai~~craft ctestroyod in this co.mpaisn. His. latest victim was a Mc. 109, · which ho shot down the other day -one of three con~irmoc1 victims which his squo.dr~m scored over the Luftwaffe in that ensc.sement. "It vms tho bigg.cst thrill I ever ho.c1~1 · he said. "I savr my bursts strike o.lons the Mc s. tn.il o.nd finally behind the pil0t. Thon the whole plane blow up in m:ic1 air11 • His t ·w earlier 11certaintiesu wo:ro a Ju.88 and a Hoinkel 111. Jonason joined tho.-R.A.F. in May 1940. He had o.s n. child made visits to Encland where his father was well-:known as a journalist, h11ving worked for the "Ob:.;erver". After the wo.r Jonsson plans to continue flyin.:: ant1 hopes to visit Cano.c1a, particularly ilinnipeg, where there is a lorge Icelandic community. A follow Sersco.nt Pilot from that city has told him about the Icelo.nders in the Dominion ancl he is well ormed for his visit with addresses of his countryrnen. +++++++++++++++++++++ AIR AFFAIRS • NOT FOR PUBLICATION, JJHOADJAST OR USE ON CLUB T1i?ES BEFORE 0830 ON ... MO!\TD.IW; JA1'UAHY 25, 1943 . THIS' nmARGD SHOULD BE RESPECTED ·OVEHSEAS BY PP~FL.CING . AJl..TY MES.s,,'1.GE '.B'ILED \TlTit TH;IS .DIDARGO ' Air Ministry: Bulletin No. 9085. Air Minisifry Ne-~vs Service Affi ATTACKS DISLCCATE ENEMY :TRtNSPORr British air attacks on Gert1any1 s railway system, both in Germn.riy and the . occupied territory· of Yh:;stern Euro1Je, . contihue with steadily Grov-ri:ng frequency anQ Y.'Gight. ' . -. Since this cai.lpaiGn tms intensified last Mey, scarcGly a day J:i..,.as ")assed without cm anti-transport attack, soraet:i.mes by fighters, s0r,1et:iraes by bor,1bers, often by ·both. ,-1•. Losses of .locomotives, wn.ggons 011d other :ro:I.lin'; !=)tock have been felt keenly tbToughotit Gerrrv:i.nyr s entire tra:ns1Jort system, o.lrcn.c1y gravely ovier­strained, on ;,vhd.ch her :::,JJility to conduct a war, on three fronts so largely clepends. The fact that ).n the p8.st nine months Cine ;fighter group has shot up over 400 enzinos gives soi,1e indication of the sc0:.lc of the attacl~s. Here ore a few-more facts: in one fortY'_ight in July at lea.st. 16 locomotives vo.re. destroyed 3Jld 11 goods trains dar,iaged ai1d l)rought to a stanstill. On J"uly 25 in one 0·9crat:i,6n DJ.one 9 stationory loccimotivos· worc j_JLJ.t out of action by cannon fire. In one week in Oc.tober, 1~ engine's tto1,.;c clcstroyccl or domagcd~ In tYr() nights a single British squo.dron attacked, hit ancl dDJ11agec1 23 goods traii:is on the French railvro.y system. Qn the follu-.rin[; night reconnaissance shoiwd that in the area n.ttackcc1 and in the nctwo:r:k: as o. vihole oJ.1 trDffic h8.c1 been stopped~' · . In a period of six vreelcs ~his porticulo.r squadron· destroyed or damagecl o.t least 60 locomotive3. During November fighters oJ.one carrieJ ont over 80 successful attacks on trn.ins 8lld mtlrshalling y::i.rds in France nnd the Low Countries. In thn.t month Mustangs, Spitfires and Whirlvrinds destroyed or drunn.ged over 60 railway engines: while December witnessed the l::n()ck~".10 out of as many more. In Januo.ry, so fo.r, railway targets have been o.ttD.ckea nearl.f every day with gooa results• . This determined onslaught on tho enemy's vital railway system in not confined to n.ttacks on ro.lling-stook. Repo.ir shops, locomotive works and derlots have been consistently nnll heavily bombea so that the repair o.nd 'production side of the rail syst.cm ho.s been completely disorganised and in severnl... insto.nces l)rought to o. stn.n<;lstill for considerable ·periods. Thus, in the attack by u.s. bomrJers on the Fives-LiD.e works on 8th November, mo.ny locomotives -.:wre destroyed or unmaged1 ond considerable confusion to traf'fic vras co:usea by a direct hit on the turnt;;ble.. /The importance ,­ ·'' '-' l i.'\ r -·' ... :r., " ' I,• -'~ . 1 '·'' \ ;"'."l~J(f·"j-eyo, J !J; ; lJWT~, 'J ..l' ~\ ;' ~~:-._.']~ ~' \ I,\ .. i ~ t • ' .L. . I.( .\_;',» J t' t • .f.[j-v,, -~ .~ • r .... .r:, t,J' • d r ~ ·~).~.-I.1.J J~'" 'f l -\~...-2 -·~ ... l\.... ' ( ; I ~ ;-;-'·. • ' -,.r.: ..~J I ~ 1 ;__,_,, · :..,., ::.1. -"~:· ... ..c · The fimi:iorto.n~c. of this v:i-_9rJ~~ t,o -th.o_\,_·_·4p::is _· o.y he go.urroa',frori-· tii'c. Q . , f'act tha.t under non,1al conditions it is-6o:0o.bl6. c»f g~o"auf'.!~w-1gd''"8 nt; -"~ ·~ ·=L0~· '.~J;ocor1otives per onnum. Similnrly, on October 17 the 11~~W0H2:y\;n.:ta Ls'.:.!3rr.c[: oh' tfTreYS"©1itoofidrcr>:r:c\c1wks at.[]jQJ:Si!f,e;us;Q!;.J..-:-\\1hioh, OX<;; ., 8J'.ilf~D_~e~ }.J;r'.i:qciPally 1 • ... • •• -~ -'--"""' .r :i79 .-...;) . J .. .._, ..>.... .t j_ in the i)roduction of guns o.nc1 loconotivos, "it~.P9~.:f&ili3-B :fDg~Y;r~~~8!e5?J3ful. CLi t:~i:..,..,<" J\'J.B lu'J~cd;:rom:(iJt;[j ~\5'.tej,n~d, , \[ftSrs.rS:Q ;1,;;i(~£"1pr.n,o.~ ;.that. 0it-, h-r,nugh,t.,tre whole ,.:+,.. ;j r+ -· .._ .... . ..:i .... .r....... h .r:~-:5\ ... 1J.J"V-:..1111 1 l1Wu ' -·,. ,forks ~b-it1: i>truistil.l,: .;;J -_r.. ~ 01 :c.~'J'il x e r)"i' .,. : , , -I I i'" r•r~· -r~ , · ·r+ : ;':.:~1rLl"'-"•'j~:J " f'J:''F.~1.r--!-y r·j . ' \ ,. ~,. r. -r: -. • . .. • .... ~.. ;~ _............ ~ -l_ .........__)JI I' ' '~' d , · __ -11 • ci: .. v _, ''"'. '' ~ u -1 J J. 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A1h'rt,0t!trh -xth.P g~t,lim.1edrl:i~.:'f°:IENT .~odny' s Ne•.-r York T:i.m~ sn.ys: L.ccordi:ng to reports fTum London tho British capita.l is living in high hopes that out ·of tho present conv~rsations botvroen tho United Nations will come something approaching n.n Inter-Allied Yv"n.r Council ·which vv:i.11 unify their stra.tegy for a suprom.e bid for victory in 1943 through an invn.sion of the Europen.n continent. But the British ·boing closer to tho scene of i;ro:r n.ro also to.king a very roalistic view of the situation, Thoy recognize tho enormous difficultics of tho tn.sk. They do not count on o:ny early Ger:gi.n.n eolln.11se. They are oonvincod that Gorma.ny must bq beaten on tho bo.ttlcf'ield and that th~ final battle '.dll havo to bo fought in Germany itself'• L.nd. that is a long wo.y off. ii. t tho aam:e t:Uno more them throo yen.rs of YJO.r ho.ve convinced ovoryboey thn.t vmrs cun:not bo vron by dofonsivo tactics c..nd that tho socrot of victory lies in attn.ck., Attack is bringing victory to tho Russiansj ntto.ck brought tho Americans to Africn. .nnd tho British to Tripoli; attn.ck is routing the J'"pa.noso in th~ Pacific islands. Thoso attacks and t.ho magnificent victories they h::l.vc produced have n.lrcw..dy changed the ..,-,,,.hole nature of tho w·n.r •••• But it ':!ould be n :f'n.tal mistake to take vic+-0r-.1 for granted. Hitler• s retreat in ·Russin. mid Rorrnol1 s retron.t in Africa n.ro by no IYJ.eans voluntary nor 1taceording to plan" in tho same sense as tho Gormn.n retreat to tho Hindenburg L:inc in 1918. Yot thoro arc corto.in po.ro.llels. From tho Hind.enburg Line Ludcndorff later launched tho great offensive of' 1918 which a.go.in brou[{ht the Gerr.aun to 'iiithin an inch of victory. Hitlcr a1·yparently counts on s'omething sirailo.ru.,. • reports from both ..-~llioa. and neutral capitals count upon the incroasinrr possibility of a dosporato ·Gerrnn.h offensive in the spring •••• There o.re only two ways of. for0stalling un offensive. One is to vrithdrn.w as the Ge~ did in 1917. For the Unitod Nations withd.rm-ro.1 is out of the question. The only other alternative is to attack first. The Allies have already seized the initiative. They are on the offensive. They do.re not surrender it. It vr.i.11 be tho task of any J.lliod Unified Comm.and to koep up the offensive -and to find vmys and means of r.ieot:ing the greatest mcnn.ce to it1 tho Germn.n submarine cm:rpnign, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ u .s.o ..i.-r..r. •. \ NOT FOR PUBLICATION, R.11.0J1DC.AST OR USE ON CJ-'UB T!i.PES BEFORE 00.30 B.s.T. (i.e. FOR MORNING Pl'iPERS) ON TUESD_AY, J!J'fil.ARY ?_6th, 1943 THIS EU0.31\RGO SHOULD BE RESPECTED OVERSEJ\S BY PREFACING ii.NY MESSJ1GE3 FILED 1.TITH THE EMBf,HGO STERLING ACGJUNTS IN THE UNITED STATES J1rrangements have now been com_,_:;letea. to 1si.rnplify the conduct of sterling accr:;1.mts held by resic1ents in the u.s. by o.LkJ.l[;runating the different types of account. Since July, 1940, there have been three distinct tY'pes1 viz. U.S.A. re~istered accounts, u.s. sterli.ne area. accc;unts, ana. "old11 or "frec11 accounts. As from the 2ncl February they will all become U.S. registered accounts and the necessary instructions have been issued to all banks in the United Kingdom. u. s. rec;istered accounts may novr be opened in the names of individuals as well as of banks .?.J1.cl companies. They carry a r,unrantee of convertibility into u.s. dollars at the rate of 4.02~ (s~bject to bruik ch.'U'ges). The runalgamn.tion thus confers a material benefit on holders of U•S• sterling area accounts and u.s. 'old1 sterling accounts which hitherto have enjoyed no such guarantee. ~-TREJiSURY 25/1l,±3 -No.19 NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BRO.iWCAST, OR USE ON CLlIB 'I'JJ?ES BE:B10RE 0030 B. S. T. (i.e. POR EORNING p;_p~) ON TUESI11.Y, J.Ji!UJ~lIT 26 z 1943 THIS El'!IBJ~RGO SHOULD BE iTu:SPECTED OVEJ.SNt~S BY PJEF..CING · LNY EESS..i\.GES ?ILED WITH THE Er.m:,,.RGO IMPOHT DUTlli~) (EXEi'!Ii?TIO!§ (NO. 1) O~ill.GR 19ii-j- The Treasury have issued tho Ir.1port Duties (Exer:rritions) (No. 1) Order 194.3, exer:rpting frrn:1 Duty certain eoods iJ-_'ported solely or DD.inly for Governnent use.· The exer.-.ptions like those provided for in the Ir:rport Duties (Exeuptions) (No. 4) Order, 1941 _ tnde on the 12th Novenber, . 1941 are unconnected with tn.riff policy 3.nc1 c1esignec1 to sn.ve labour involved in the collection of Duties fron Goverm:1ent Departnents. The Order cones into operiltion on -1fodnes&y, 27th Janunry, 1943 and · is ·published by H, H. St::.:.tionery Office n.s Stn.tutory Rules ~md Orders No.. 64. TIIB..SUHY 25/1/43 No. 20 NOT l~OR PUBLICATION, BROlJXJAST, OR USE ON CLUB TAPES BEFORE 00.30 B.S.T. (i.e, FOR HORNING :J:;.iU?Ei:W) ON TuESDAY, JIJllUARY 26, 191{} THIS EMDlili.GO SHOULD DE RESI'FDTED OVERSEJ~s DY P-£1.EF~\CING i.NY)iIESS::..GES FILED 17ITH THE EMJJAHGO . IMFOHT, DUTIES (DRAY/PACK) (No. 1) ORDER 19li;3 The Treasury have issued tho Iruport Duties (Drauback) (No. 1) Order 1943, anencing tho r~te of drc\'/back in respect of nitro-ccllulose ?hoto~ graphic f'iln base and cellulose acetate photographic film base. The Order COLlCS into operation on '\ledncsa.ny, January 27, 1943, and is published by H.M. Stationery Office as Statutory Rules ~d Orders No. 36. . ++++++++++++++ TREASURY • . " 25/1/43 -. No. 22 J~ ' THE STRLTEGY OF LEND-LEliSE • "LEN"D...LEl1SE PROMOTES DEFENCE OF U~ S." -STETTINIUS 1Joshington, Mondoy -President Roosevelt todny subr:iitted to the U.S, Congre~:is n report by M:r •. Edwnrd Re Stettinius Jrir., Lend-LeMe 1'&ninistr3tor, on the operntions, of the Lend•Lease J~ct frcn its possnGo·, Morch 11, 1941, to Decenber ·31, 1942. Highlights of the repor:t follow. 1.:.r • Stettinius eophasisod in it thot tho title of the Lend-Lease .!Jct was on"J,ct to pror.10te the dafenc0 of the United Stntes.11 The Lend-Lense i>ct, he continued, uis not a lonn of Doney• Nor hns it ever been an oct of ohnrity. The lencl-leose J:>rogrrn:1T.1e of provia.ing goods ond services to the mitions resisting Lxis aggressors w·as undertnken for the defence of this country nncl hns been cnrriec1 out in the i:ritere·sts of the people of the United States. We hnve aided. other peoples under ' .·_, lend-lease because their interests coincided with our interests." • /Stettinius said . . . .., '· . ' 2 - Stettinius said 1 ;;hat by starting the lenc"~-1easo p:;ogramme nine no:!'.1.ths before Iearl Hnrbour, the United States vro.s st:..on with one t •iird of U. s. populn.tion, vvn.s producing r.1ore a:;..'J:1S tJ.a~-th,) U1 i.ted Staten. He pointed vllt thD.t 11 More Naz~-soldiers l1B.ve ·or en killed b:" R' .ssi'.ln-r:1nc1e wee:..pons since the begin..'14 :1g o":' i;he wo.r thri.n on a.l:i.. o·:;her f ...~oll'~s· ·Junbir. ;d.''. T.1is ~-ea··, Stettinius said, .L'..nerican supplies "Yr.ill :have a r.1".J.ch L~rGate;r ef:fl:-::+.. The got'.J_ of ·chis count.cy is to double its war production in 1943. Or..l:y in tro.t Yru.,v c .n -~he forc0s o.: t~.0 1Jnited Nn.tions, including the United Stn.tes; have 2.:cr.is in th..i ciuc.· t:~_tj.e ,; niac.:e sso.:ry for vL:tocy". Other United Nntions are o.lso ·..i.siut;; :i.0n''~le. 1.:...e r.:cthodc· tq supply en.ch other, he said. Greo.t Britain has already lend..~oased to Hussfa ov 3r 2, 60(1 tanks and 2, 000 planes, Dost of then :produced in Great Brh::ti1 .• Oc...1u.(:D. ~~s r·umis:ti...ng Greo.t Britain with a billion dollars worth of' vmr supplios ·:vi +.tout J?DYJ·1r.:n·~. 'J.'he British are also providing their OV.'Tl lend-leo.sv a.id to '.;he :'.·o,_c;is Of (l'.ina etnd l:-tn;'.T gurerni--:i.ents in exile. Reciprocal aid ·i;o the Jnite'l Jto.te'J !n.s alr6'1C/ suvecL i:Ullions of tons of shipping space and reny hundreds of nilJ.·lons of' cl0l LD.1',s. "E. A. F ·pilots fly United States lbrtin bonbers in the Mid.ale East, United Sto:LGf! nilo·;;s :[) ~· B:-it.:.sh Sp:i.tt'ires over France and North Africa, British ba.rro.gEi ro~.J _,ms D.:'e i.:.H: • to JJl'otert r.,ur west coast, Austroliana operate Lr:ieric.'l.n planes, Mo.c/•.1·thu~' s :Jo~.diPrs ea~~ .a...l.Strc, :i.n.n food suc'1 l71utu'.ll o.id is of ro.2ialy growing L~ortanoe in pooling vne Un:! ~Ad Na Lion~r skill, r:n terLl and weapons. It saves shipping ... one of our c.horcest ·'fn-:.· we;;.:i:i .:,ns,., .. , "ReciprociD.l aid is only one of S'3vei:-:'.1 bonef:i.t~ ;;..~cc;;ived by t'1.e lJnitJcd States in re­turn for supplies o.nd services p":>ovicled ·u.n.dor tho ::..c1.J.r"'.. ·len.se '..l..Gt, V/hc.t the other United No.·tions do to bring a.bout the defen.7-of the Azis ~~:; ob-,-iornl3· ,~ vi';al c:mtribution to the defence cf the United States. This is <1. belLB"':i·~ which C'.1,m0t be measured in figures. There is no standn.rd of values where·oy 1;he :...oss of '-'-thousand Russinr.. lives, for instn.nce, L.'.ln be ooc:rpareJ. w:i.th a thousmd ;..'irhi;er 1':.".nGb '. The British, R\:ssfo.n and Chinese peoples and their Allies c..re fi.~;::..ti:::1t3 in 3.efer.ce c~· their C-'Il c. u.ntries, but the enenies they fight a~ o.lso oux-enenies, StettJ.r.ius s:1ic ·'Thei:. sacrjfices are saving Ai.7le:cican lives and the fight they h.'lve v;rc...t;cd h...".r ~.:;i.1.oined to &'.We the ·united Str..:1.tes from invasion 't." preserve to us the r:i_eans of vioto..i:·;y n.nd to cpeed it-,:; comirg". /foiother benefit - 3 ­ ,... Another benefit to the United. States provided for ;in the mD.Ster agreements provides for the :r:etu:rn after the war of tanks, shipf!, cargo 'planes, or .other equipment tho.t ho.s' no:"b been "destroyed,-lost or consumed", :li' we th:i.nk it to be in our interests ·to ask for their return. ''11hia-master agreements o.lso ·provide thnt tlie fj~uJ. lend-lon.se settlement, 11 shn.ll be such as to promote tho economic objectives of' the AtlDJJ.tic Charter" ond so. expo.nd production ~d e-•nplo:rment and:. exchn...J.ges of c:msumption goods in this 9~untry ~nd in other countries• .. The et.drniriistrator reported tho.t the cumulative value of lend-lease aid from its inception on March 11, 1941 to Dooember 31; 1942 vl"qs 8,253,000,000 dollars. Of' this n.n10un.t _79 per cent. or 6,54810QO,OOO dolla:r•s was for wn:r goods tran.sferred, and 21 per cent.• or 'l,705 ,000,000 .for services rendered. Goods tran.Sferred included military items, industrial m..1.terio.ls 1 n.nd o.griculturtl products,. Services included the rental. ond _charter;.~f ships1 trnnsportation n:nd ·storo.ge development, mid the operation of o.ir feri:lfroutes and SU1Jply bases a.b.J;'oo.d; repair serv:ices fol-&.rrnged Allied '70.r~hips and meroho.ntships; factories n:nd shipy:u'ds built in the United S~a.tes_ with lend-lease fu.nds to mo.n~facturo. 'iilar goods; o.nQ miscollo.neous services such as training progr.imme..s for ,tho 9lir-pilots of foreign countries·. ~ . . . The gro:rrth of lend;,.leci.se is reflectea. in value toto.ls. . ' . . ~· ,. '\ " ·· ... At tho end of 19411 the dollar value pf goods trD.lJ.Sfe~red. vms 9lOjOOO:,OOO ·· d.cfllars o.nd that of s'e:i'V'iC es 331+, 000,000 dollars , OJ::' o. total of l ;'244,000,000 dollars. Ab.out 90. per .cent. of tho. goods tro.nsforrcu to the gbve:r:nrnents ·df len:i­lease countries ho.s been· exported~ Totai lend-lease exports from Mo.rah 1941 to DeceLiber 31, 1942 cire va].ued at 5,959,000,000 dollars• . Of: those; military items represented ,?,,300,000,000 dollars:,,more thn.n one-h.-1.lf of tll lend...loase exports. '· . In 194i, exports of militn.ry i:toms roso more in proportiQn tho.n non-milito.ry i tiJrns. In .the la$t throe nonths ,exports, of ·milita:ry itoms. vv.ore nine tin1es.":the totD.l for eorros"ponding months in 1941, while non-6ilitary exports v of u.s. totaLnimitions prod.uctio:d furnishec1 to the other UnitOO. Nations had ; uen less in 1942 than in 1941.. . -"We have exported 15 por cent. of our munitions prodllction auring the·lo.st six ffiOnths 1 II hC Saide . . Exports of some types .of corribat YveD.po:ns ma. been considerabfy above that percentage, the report states. Of .tho toto.1 1942 Unite<..~ States pr.oduction of ta.."l.'k:s · and combat planes (excluding cargo f"]'Jlo.ne$, tra:in~_rs, et?.,) about--" consisted of food ond other ogriculttll-ol products. · These hnd a volu.e of. 1,000,; 000Ji oop ,dollars ac,ccird_ing to .the report,· . Sb fnr thE(United·Stntes has shipped twice as mcmy planes and other armar.tents to the United .Kingdon under direct purchnse as U.'Ylder. lerid"'le.srse·, " Lend-lense aid 'to ' Vhini.l ih 1941 aimed pt:'incipnlly at iraproving transport conditions over the·BurnD. Road nnd "resulted in nore iiha:ri:-doubling th~ :monthly tonnage cnrriec1 over that roWz?, u Stettinius said. · J\f'tcr· the l:oss 'of the Burm.a Rand, shipnents .to China we'Jje rer'l.ncea. to a triclde but shipr,1ents by cargo plane nre now "consio.er'.<.:tbly incr~~sinwrind we shall also find other neans to get to China the nrr:w ~he needs •" , . '.5vo-thirc1.s of lend-1.eosc shi}:i~e~ts 'to Indin h:we been militnry suJ_Jplies. Consifler3ble quantities of iron o.nd steel 1:1nchinery for Incl.inn munitions factories ."lnd for the const:i::·uction of' i:lir fields ond roads have also been sent. Most lena.-· lease shipJicnts to .i\ustralia, J\Tevr Zenl'!:mr'l. 11nrl 'South ll:Lricn hnvc been planes, guns, .trmks nnd other wnr wee.pons . · -~ . :, ~ •: /Aid to ... 5 ' ' Aid to the 11.merican ll.epuhlics vvas parlly on a cash re:iJnbursement qasis, the report stated. Brazil has r.eceived the largest amount but the total of lend-lease exports to the American Repu1;lics has been smn.11, vdth a value of 24,ooo,ooo dollars to dat.e. · ·J..·1.:_ ·;·;;.,:.;·.:,_ -~ .. One 'of the most important of the lend-lease services has been the development .of operation supply route::; 'and supply ba.ses abroad.,. the administrator said. Lend­ ·1op.se was instrumental ii. the developnent of the air ferry route to En.glnnd in 191J.J., Md lo.ter, ii:i expanding _t})e ferry routes to the Middle East anc'\. Russia. L~d-lease funds have also helped. to finance ·the clevolopment. of docks, vmrehouses, supply depots ancl. assembly ancl repair shoj;:ts throughout, tho, Hed Sea.;.;. Persian Gulf ;µ-ea; the lJuilding of pip.e lines to carry oil to naval and air ::iases; the shipment of roaa.':"building 0quipment to develop highways and thd lorries to carry sup1llies over them; . and rails,· gqods wagg'ons arir1 locomotive~ to expand the · capaciJcy of priJri~tive railr.oads. "This work," I!D::'. s.tetti:r\iµs .stc..ted, "is oonti.nui:ng. Facilities built with the ?.ia. of lend-lease fund.s throughoult this area are now being used by United Sfates Air Force planes,: AmericD..Yl ships ..'and American troops." "The allocation of the total United states food supply a$ 'betvreen the American people and our Allies is determined on the basis of first providing for our oYm armed forces (a soldier eats 25 per cent more Jchan a civilian), and. assuring a. ru.pply for the civilian popula:tion sufficient to f'ulfil satisfactory nutrition standard.s1' stettinius sr..id. 110ncc these needs have been met 're are, as a mE1.tter oi' milit.'.l.ry necessity, airling the Allies as far as vre can to mee.t their press.ing food requirements which they cannot fi.11 else1¥here under present war oonditicns." . Although·totalling faore than one billion doilw.'s in vn.lue? 1Etrld.-.lease food ~ shipments have 1;een small in relation to the totn.l United Sfo:l:;es supply, the administrator saiG., adcl.ing 11lend-l0D.se requirements iast year hn.d little. to clo vvith .fooc1. shortages that develotlec~ in _this country." ·' ' The report gave th(:) follrivring percentages for lenc~-lease ·e:x:r)orts in 1942 in relation to the total UnH.ed Stn.tes supply in 1942. 1942 L~'.1]2.-LEASE EXPORTS IN PERC_~Q.1!1_~ PEE?.C:ENTAGE ~Ul meats 5 Beef 0~1 Veal 0 Lamb and lYfu.tton o.ii-Pork . 9.8 All Milk Proa.ucts (expressed in terms of flu::.a_ milk equivalent) 3.4 Dry w·hole milk 6.1 Dry sldrc1 milk t5 Condensed and Evaporated milk · 7.. '2.. Butter o.7 Cheese e3.1 Fats and Oils 13.2 Eggs 10 ·Fish (Frozen and canned) 7.1 CD.rl..ned vegetables o.s Canned fruits and juices , .. 7 Corn a....'1.c1 corn p·rcducts ;).. l v;Theat procluc~s 0~3 The lend-lense focd pror,ramme for 1943 will tako-n. bigger sh.1\re of Ilk'ffiY of these products th8.n it did. in 1942, the n.dministrator sr.id~ l•'oombecl the d::Jck,s n t FlushinG today. The weather was [pod and bursts were seen :::>n quays o.nd oil stor£1-::::e tanks. One Bost:::>n is missin~. +++++++++++++++++++ CHIEF OF C,'JifiJ)IJJif GENEJ.'1AL STAFF IS IN BRITl.IN Lieut. ~Gen;. Ke:nneth Stu.a.rt, o. B., D. s. o.. , 11•.q., .Ch;i.ef of th~ . Canadian General .Staff1 ms arrived in Br;it<-1.in for ·conf'erei:io?s with Lie.'t:lt• -Gen_, A.G. L. lfoNaughto:IJ., G. 0, C. -in-C., J?irs.t Canad:iA;n i~n:'~h anQ. othe.r high of'ficers, General Stuart received the C. B. in the New· Year~ Honours List. • ·• • ~ .·, -, . ,.. I' •:, • "" • -. ·• •, Other passengers in the a~rcraft which brough~ General Stuart across .the J~tlantic were J.•w,. G,-Clark, Chief' of InforEution of the Canadio.n Ap.1ec.l Forcen., Gillis Purcell, Assistant Generol llanD.ger of the Canadian Press, lfuj•.-Gen_• ...i'•• E. Macrae, Hilitary Ldyiser to the Canad.fun Departnen~ of Munitions and Supply; Brig. G. P. Morrison, Deputy Master General of the Ordnance; H.J. · Co.rni:>ts, :Most of' the crews ho..d jumped overboo.rd, I got the So..~'mi. vdth -;;he eEf;inc ·well Dnd truly, n.nd most of the others wore blown to pieces or sunk. 11 fi. flyin.e; officer from Aucklcnc'l., New Z0 nlo..nd: -11Ttc h11d a plcaso..nt morning over tho chindwin. rre locateu tw8 65 ft.· steruners m:Jored cl:::.se to the -rieht bank. They looked very new. I wa.s " rild o.fterwo.rds that they cost ovor ten t h'Jusand pounds ea.ch. I a.rn afro.id thnt they vvere W'Jrth ab:::.ut f'.:lur:;;-cnce when the other fighters and I ho.d finished with them. Ca'mon snells blc•w f::rco..t hc•les in the sides, lJ.rge lwrr_;_Js flew off in all direotL•ns> and there •ms o. grc:o_t c1ea1 of sm'.Jke and flrune. D::ith sterunors .. sn.nk. 11 A fliEht lieutennnt fr:lm Sioux L:;;ikout, Onto.ri'J:-11There were quite o_ fevr fir;hters ·::m this job. we bc[ct up u. lnrge "barse mc1ored to the bank on the River c:1n.uk nnc1 than b'Jtlcd dovm tho Irrn.wo_dc1y. \le all mo..c1e three or four_, att.'.lcks UlJ'Jn rt thirty f o::it steorn lo.unoh, 8JlC~-it vront out of c:mtrol on the east bank. We ·wiped out .a few So.mp:::ms and__ then f'lcvr oo.st cl.own n. r :Jo..d whore we shot up n. tv1Cnty sen.tor m'Jtor l orry, 11 +++~~+++++++++++++