DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET L.P. (45) 130 COPY NO. 14TH AUGUST, 1945 CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE INCREASED SUPPLIES OF TEA TO EIRE Memorandum by the Minister of Food 1. Last January the High Commissioner for Eire asked if we could let Eire have more tea. We could not then agree to this request as shipments of tea to this country were being kept to the minimum owing to shipping stringency. I think the time has now come, however, when we could afford to make some concession to Eire in this matter.