Oral Answers to Questions — Arms Traffic Inquiry, United States.

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 15 November 1934.

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been directed to the evidence given to the United States of America arms inquiry, that the Soley Armament Company of London had informed its American agents in 1934 that anti-aircraft guns, though they could not be sold direct to Bolivia while it was at war, could probably be sold to an American armament firm for eventual resale to Bolivia; also to the evidence of Mr. Carse, president of the Electric Boat Company of America, that ammunition sold to his firm by Vickers, Limited, had been resold to Peru during that country's dispute with Colombia over the Leticia territory; and whether he will inform the House what precautions are taken by the Government to ensure that the final as well as the immediate destination of munitions licensed for export is known to the Government?