HC Deb 16 April 1919 vol 114 cc2893-4
29. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONE

asked the Secretary of State for War whether several thousand German troops, awaiting repatriation from the Black Sea regions, are employed fighting for the Allies against the Bolshevik forces; if so, whether they are receiving any remuneration for their services as a charge on the public funds; and whether it is intended to replace them by Allied troops in the near future?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. On the contrary, a number of the Germans are reported to have been incorporated in the Bolshevik forces. The second and third parts of the question, therefore, do not arise.