§ 3. Mr. NOEL BUXTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Turkish troops are being concentrated on the Northern Syrian border; whether the French Government has increased its effectives in that region; and whether His Majesty's Government has been invited by the French Government to associate itself with these precautionary measures in its own zone of influence in Iraq?
§ Mr. McNEILLThere has been a movement of Turkish troops towards the Syrian frontier, but so far as is known the French Government have not increased their effectives in that region, though they have addressed remonstrances to the Turkish Government. In reply to a French suggestion that His Majesty's Government should make similar representations, the French Ambassador was informed that unless British mandatory territory was threatened such action did not seem to be required.
§ Mr. BUXTONHave additional Turkish troops been sent recently to the Turkish frontier of Iraq?
§ Mr. McNEILLI should like to have notice of that question.