§ 33. Mr. RAPERasked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs if he has now come to any decision as regards the desirability of publishing a full statement, based on the reports already received from British and American investigators, regarding the alleged anti-Jewish pogroms in Poland, in order that the Polish nation may be acquitted of the charges levelled against them?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODHis Majesty's Government realise that it is very desirable that a full and authoritative state- 2095 ment should be made in regard to the treatment of Jews in Poland. As I have before said, reports have been received from His Majesty's Minister in Warsaw, and a further dispatch is shortly expected. We propose to send one or two persons to Poland to make an independent and thorough inquiry into the so-called pogroms about which very conflicting reports have reached this country. These persons will, it is hoped, be in close touch with the special Commissioner to be sent to Poland for a similar purpose by the United States Government. I hope to be able to announce their names very shortly. I think the hon. Member will agree that the immediate publication of a statement by His Majesty's Government would, in the circumstances, be undesirable.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill the hon. Gentleman see that one of the Commissioners is a Jew?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI am not responsible for the selection of the Commissioners, but I will refer the question of my hon. and gallant Friend to the Department.