HC Deb 01 March 1920 vol 126 cc19-20
26. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has been reached at the Peace Conference with regard to the former Russian province of Bessarabia; whether the Royal Roumanian Government has been approached by the Soviet Government of Russia with a view to the settlement of this question and the making of peace what advice has been tendered by His Majesty's Government on this question: and whether we have entered into any agreement with the Royal Roumanian Government to support Roumania if peace with Russia is not concluded?

The PRIME MINISTER

As regards the first part of the question, the future of Bessarabia has been the subject of discussion between the Supreme Council and the Roumanian Prime Minister. The answer to the second part is in the affirmative. As to the third and fourth parts. His Majesty's Government have adopted the same attitude in this regard towards Roumania as they had already taken towards Poland and the Baltic States.

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