HC Deb 06 March 1929 vol 226 cc356-7
2. Mr. DAY

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether all British subjects have now been evacuated from Kabul; and can he give the total number of evacuations to date, stating the nationalities of the persons so evacuated?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

No, Sir. A number of British subjects from India elected to remain in Kabul. The following persons of various nationalities were evacuated from Kabul by the Royal Air Force between the 23rd December, 1928, and the 25th February, 1929:

British subjects 369
Afghans 36
French 23
Germans 57
Italians 19
Persians 25
Rumanians 1
Swiss 1
Syrians 5
Turks 49
United States citizens 1
making a total of 586, of whom some 300 were women and children.

Mr. DAY

Are there any other subjects of other nationalities who elected to remain, or have all been evacuated?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

There are, I think, subjects of other nations still there.