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ANNEX I.

SUPPLIES TO GREECE.

Report by the Chairman of the Committee for the Co-ordination

of Allied Supplies.

Summary of Conclusions.

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The conclusions reached in the report may be summarised as followal-

(a) Adequate supplies to Greece of arms and

ammunition, cannot be permanently secured by present methods. As regards ammunition, all existing stocks for the over-numerous types of Greek guns have been or are being purchased, After that, supplies can only be manufactured in America, eventually at the expense of our own types of ammunition. They will not reach Greece until the end of the year. Some supplies, however, can be manufactured in Greece, and steel and other materials must be allotteed for this purpose. The A.h. defence of the Greek ammunition factory should be considered in the interests of ourselves as well as of Grecce.

(b) From the point of view of what would serve

Greek interests best, the only satisfactory solution is the early rearmament of the Greek Forces with British standard weapons. To re-arm Greece however, either from our present holdings or production in the immediate future would have a most detrimental effect on our own armament programme, and would defer considerably the date at which our prosent grave deficiencies would be met.

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