§ 76. Mr. RAPERasked the Secretary of State for War if he will consider the desirability in dealing with the Bolshevist menace against our troops in Archangel and Murmansk districts of supplementing our Air Force there by, say, a dozen of the squadrons which are at present virtually unemployed in this country?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLIf the hon. Member wants a detailed answer I must ask him to postpone the question. In general terms the answer is that the question of aerial support for the operations going on is receiving the fullest possible consideration and advice of the General Staff both of the War Office and the Air Ministry, but it might be possible for me to expand that answer a little if the question is put down again.
§ 77. Mr. RAPERasked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of the original British force sent to the Murmansk was composed of category B men, unfit for front-line service; and if these men have had to endure the rigours of a campaign which, in many respects, has caused greater hardships than the campaigns elsewhere?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI regret this information is not available, but I may say that no man has been sent to North Russia who has not been passed medically fit for duty in North-West Europe.