8. Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when ambassadors will be appointed at Moscow and London; whether credit will be granted to the Soviet Republic; if so, of what amount; and whether he will submit to the House for its approval the terms upon which it may be proposed to grant recognition to Russia as the result of the forthcoming conference before British credit is pledged in any way?
§ Mr. PONSONBYI am not yet in a position to state when the appointments, to which the hon. and gallant Member refers, will be made. The answer to the second and third parts of the question is that the Russian Government's proposals have not been made, far less considered. With regard to the last part of the question, I would remind the hon. and gallant Member that de jure recognition was accorded to the Soviet Union Government in the note of 1st February last.