§ SIR JOHN COLOMB (Great Yarmouth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether our Naval Attachés abroad are, like our Military Attachés, placed under the instruction of the missions to which they are temporarily attached; and whether all official communications between the Admiralty and the Naval Attachés abroad are carried on through the Foreign Office and the head of the missions.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE, Rochester)Under the terms of their appointment Naval Attachés, like Military Attachés, are placed under the instructions of the heads of the missions to which they are temporarily attached. A memorandum is annexed to their letter of appointment, showing the principal points to which the Admiralty wish that their attention should be directed. All official communications between the Admiralty and Naval Attachés abroad are conducted through the Foreign Office and the heads of missions.