§ 6. Sir Clement KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the taxation authorities in Czechoslovakia are demanding from British firms contributions by way of capital levy on goods supplied to business houses in that country, and that these demands are being extended to trade debts incurred previous to the outbreak of war; and will he say what steps he proposes to take in this matter?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINRepresentations in this sense have recently been addressed to me by certain British interests concerned, and the matter is now being investigated.