§ 1 and 3. Mr. SAKLATVALAasked the Under-Secretary of State for India (1) whether his attention has been called to a resolution which has been recently passed by the Swarajists in India condemning the employment by the British Government of Indian troops against the people of China; and whether Indian troops have been sent either to Hong Kong or to the mainland of China;
(2) whether he is informed of the emphatic protest of the Swaraj party in India against the use of Indian troops in China, and thus creating a misunder- 2 standing between the two Eastern peoples; and whether the Government of India have, in fact, despatched any Indian troops to Hong Kong, Shanghai, or interior parts of China for independent action or as an auxiliary force in aid of any Chinese general engaged in warlike operations?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Earl Winterton)I will answer these questions together. I have not seen the resolution referred to. One battalion Indian infantry and a small detachment of a transport depot form part of the permanent garrison of Hong Kong. Apart from this, no troops have been sent from India either to Hong Kong or the mainland of China.