§ 37. Viscount CURZONasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that 100 agitators are being trained in Moscow by a Comrade Stuart for active work in Great Britain; that it is intended to send them in by means of forged passports supplied by the Third International secretariat for agitation among Western people, directed by a man by the name of Cushik; whether he can assure the House that the Government will take steps to prevent the entry of aliens on forged passports; and whether instructions can be given to our representatives abroad to give special attention to the visas of passports?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI do not know how far the statements contained in the first two paragraphs of the question are well founded; but both British representatives abroad and immigration officers at ports in this country are fully alive to the possibility in some cases of passports being forged, are kept supplied with all available information on the subject, and take appropriate steps when occasion arise.
§ Viscount CURZONAs the right hon. Gentleman has admitted that the Government are quite ignorant of the matter alluded to in the first part of the question, will he order the British representative in Moscow to take steps to find out whether or not it is true?