HC Deb 18 May 1931 vol 252 cc1581-2
28. Major HILLS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will supply the text of the communication addressed by the Allied and Associated Powers, in June, 1919, to the East Galician Ukrainians, inviting them to withdraw their troops from Eastern Galicia, declaring that the fate of Eastern Galicia would not be decided without its population being duly consulted; and whether he has information to show whether the terms of the statute for Eastern Galicia, decreed by the Allied and Associated Powers at the Paris Peace Conference in November, 1919, are being observed or the contrary?

Mr. DALTON

It has not been the practice of His Majesty's Government to publish decisions taken at the Peace Conference without the consent of the other Governments concerned. The right hon. Gentleman may, however, be aware that the Ukrainian Bureau in Paris has published what purports to be the text of the communication received by the Ukrainian Delegation in Paris from the Secretary-General of the Peace Conference on the 26th of June, 1929. I shall be happy to send the right hon. Gentleman a copy of this communication, as published, if he so desires. The treaty relating to Eastern Galicia, drawn up in November, 1919, was never concluded.

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