§ 76. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Prime Minister whether a British naval mission is or has been in Poland; what is or was the abject of this mission; whether a Polish Navy is in contemplation; and whether it is the policy of the Supreme Council to encourage the formation of new navies in the Baltic or elsewhere?
Mr. HARMSWORTHAt the urgent request of the Polish Government a British Naval Mission, with Commander Wharton in command, arrived at Warsaw on 11th September with the object of advising the Polish Government on various technical questions such as the development of their seaboard, rivers, minesweeping, ports and docks, and the 277 organisation of their river and seaborne traffic, and of their Mercantile Marine. As regards the third part of the hon. and gallant Member's question, the Polish Government are hoping eventually to have a small naval force of their own, but I am not in a position to state the attitude of the Supreme Council towards this question.