HC Deb 12 April 1933 vol 276 c2556
2. Mr. COCKS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any report from the British Ambassador at Berlin regarding conditions in Germany, particularly regarding the persecution of Jews, Pacifists and Social Democrats; and whether he can state the nature of that report?

Sir J. SIMON

I have just received a confidential dispatch from the Ambassador, but have not yet had time to study it in detail.

Mr. COCKS

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether there is any possibility of its being published?

Sir J. SIMON

I should prefer not to give a definite answer until it has been possible to read the dispatch carefully, but as a general rule it is not desirable nor is it the practice to publish such dispatches from our own Ambassadors.

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