The Canadian Government made known today it is holding up delivery of 12 Harvard military training planes sold to Egypt because of a new decision to delay arms shipments to the Middle East. Three Harvard planes were released and shipped to Egypt in January, it was revealed.
A quantity of artillery ammunition ordered by Israel will not be shipped because of the decision. Canada will send no further arms shipments to any Middle Eastern countries until the situation there has been clarified, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent old the House of Commons yesterday.
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