§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether General Ian Hamilton's Reports on the War in Manchuria, supplemented by those of Colonel Haldane and the staff, can be purchased by volunteer officers or others desiring to study them for purposes of military instruction, or whether they are regarded by the War Office as of a confidential nature.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The books referred to are regarded as strictly confidential, and in view of this as wide a distribution has been made as was held to be practicable. A history of this war compiled from the non-confidential portions of the Reports is in the course of preparation and will be available for all officers.