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Major-General Sir Evan Gibb on International Co-operation W EN addressing the

4th May 1945, Page 23
4th May 1945
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L on don Chamber of •Commerce at' its annual meeting on April 25, the presidents Major-General Sir Evan Gibb, K.B.E:, C.B., referredto his comments of last year, when he said that the same foresight, planning and co-operation of all persons in every country would be required to win hack prosperity at home and the international exchange of goods, as have made possible the winning of the war. The great successes of the Allies since then, their methods and their 'wonderful efficiency have strengthened that conviction. The outstanding reasons 'for these victories have been the intensive planning, thoroughness of. preparation and the goodwill and co-operation between all, taking part, and this was not within only a national team, but an international one.

It had been stated that our aim in the transition period must be reasonably gradual transformation from

control " to " co-operation." Trade and industry cannot revive and flourish under the stranglehold of control as we have known it for the past five years. That .must go, but we must -keep the goodwill and co-operation that have made possible the successes of that period.

.ExportS will involve a definite sacrifice of goods which we need ourselves. We shall export, therefore, only because the things we wish to import are even more necessary than those we export.

He believed it to be thoroughly bad psychology to pose as awealthy nation capable of supplying goods and services to others on long-term' loans. If we do this it must be only to those friendswho have suffered even more than us, and we must be careful not to create the false impression that we are still wealthy and able, without sacrifice, to supply their immediate needs.

Much of the material which our friends will need will be in capital equipment. -What we will require from them will be food and raw materials. When we export such equipment we are giving them the results of 150 years of scientific research, the products of many generations of skilled workpeople; even with the latest machinery it takes a new country, many years to turn out goods comparable with those of the old industrial nations. It takes them longer still to build up a body of scientists and technicians able to keep abreast of the latest developments. Here, then, is a basis for a mutually advantageous partnership between this country, so richly endowed with technical skill, and those which are beginning their careers as industrial nations. We must capitalize this great •, asset.

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