§ 4. Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has, within the last year, received any representations from British representatives regarding anti-British propaganda by Soviet agents in foreign countries, and, if so, what; and whether any diplomatic action has been taken in connection with any of such representations?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir; such reports have been received, but I cannot undertake to state their contents. The Soviet Government are well aware of the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards such propaganda and I have more than once spoken about it in general terms to the Soviet representative in this country. I have not thought that it would serve any useful purpose to go into particular cases.
§ Sir WILLIAM DAVISONDoes the right hon. Gentleman think it desirable, in view of the disregard of the representations made to the Soviet representatives, to point out the very definite powers we have to terminate the trade agreement so that this detriment to British trade abroad may be stopped.
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINIf I thought it advisable to make further representations than those I have made, I should have made them.
§ Mr. PALINGIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is a very vicious anti-Soviet propaganda carried on in this country among his Tory friends, and will he undertake to give them a very generous measure of the Locarno spirit?