A scoop report by The Black Dwarf that a Wealdstone firm was manuracturing antipersonnel devices for African states brought rebuttals from the firm's managing director last week. Mr G. H. Garland, Nibthwaite Road, said that the managing director of G. H Garland and Co Ltd, of 101 in a the devices per about £2,000 devices could not in them- £30,000.
selves be used against people as they were only detonating devices and had to be connected to an explosive The firm also makes TV produets, mostly under bridges as well as bei against people. He said he used didn't know exactly where the 'British Commonwealth states.
Mr Garland said the devices, which he calls demolition making a business put of switches, were made under something.
licence to the Ministry of Defence. This means that the devices are the Ministry's the firm permission to design and the Mnistry gives for. He didn't know Te they he cha manufacture them, with the were used against people.
firm paying a royalty.
The devices can only be sold hrough the Ministry of referred to them. The firm has largely in accord with the to get an export licence from export of the devices, he in a situation he disagreed This principles.
The firm makes three types o levice, one chemical and three A Press Office activated when part of the one looks like a pencil and 1s . The mechanical detonate charges but in no the Ministry that the devices were used to tubing is crushed. charges were used against The striker is held back by a piece of wire and a spring and what situations. when it operates activates an mechanical devices look like were used generally by the were used, operator simply pulls a catch small metal cases and the army wherever they were and fires the striker. specie Each device costs about 15s. The firm has been manufactur- It was government policy that the export of arms to other ing the devices for some 20 countries could not be was producing a very large years and in the early days devices discussed. But he said the Rhodesia or South Africa. quantity. Now the output Of course, we believe that!! FIDEL CASTRO 8 Majo Peter Buckman
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built up further. devices were used, but only that they were used in
Defence, he says, and enquiries from individuals have to be
the devices were being used the Board of Trade for the
He didn't know where they alkaline solution. The
needed. He could not be more which in turn pulls a spring