§ 14. Mr. R. MCNEILLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give any information as to the terms on which the Dutch Government have agreed to allow Germany to pass traffic over the railways through Limburg; whether this traffic will be subject to effective inspection by Dutch officials; and whether the effect of the agreement is to set free for purely military traffic the German lines to Belgium through Vise and Liége?
§ Lord R. CECILAlthough His Majesty's Government have repeatedly pressed the Netherland Government for precise information respecting the arrangement arrived at with Germany, I regret to say that their request has so far not been met, though we have been told that the traffic 721 is to be confined to "civilian goods." I cannot usefully make any further statement on the matter at the present stage.