HC Deb 21 January 1931 vol 247 cc161-2
8. Sir NICHOLAS GRATTAN-DOYLE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his Department has sufficient information on which to prepare a White Paper showing the relations which exist between the Government of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and the principal political, trading, and trade union organisations existing in Soviet Russia?

Mr. DALTON

The Commercial Secretary at the British Embassy at Moscow is at present engaged on a report on the organisation of the administrative machinery of Soviet foreign trade. In view of its complexity, it is unlikely that this report will be completed in the near future; but my right hon. Friend is prepared to lay it when received. In the meantime I would refer the hon. Member to various works of reference on the subject, the titles and particulars, of which I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

In view of the divergence of opinion between the representatives of His Majesty's Government and the Government of the Union of Soviet Republics, can the hon. Gentleman tell the House what is the difference between those two points?

Mr. DALTON

I am afraid I have not understood the hon. Member's question. The difference between what two points?

Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

In the expressed opinion of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary there is a certain interpretation of these conventions—

HON. MEMBERS

Speech!

Mr. SPEAKER

The hon. Member had better put a question on the Paper.

Following are the titles and particulars:

List of authorities on the Soviet Union, with special reference to the position of Trade Unions and Political Trading Organisations under the Soviet Government

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  1. (1) Harper, S. N.—Civic Training in Soviet Russia (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1929).
  2. (2) Chamberlin, W. H.—Soviet Russia (Duckworth, 1930).
  3. (3) Feller, Arthur.—Das Experiment des Bolschevismus (1929).
  4. (4) Fischer, L.—The Soviets in World Affairs (Jonathan Cape, 1930).
  5. (5) Dobb, Maurice.—Russian Economic Development since the Revolution (New York: Dutton, 1928).
  6. (6) Yugov, A.—Economic Trends in Soviet Russia (George Allen and Unwin, London, 1929).
  7. (7) Professor Paul Haensel, D.LL.—The Economic Policy of Soviet Russia (P. S. King and Son, Limited, London, 1930).