§ 32. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state what steps the Government are taking to protect our nationals in Germany, especially Indians and Jews; and whether he has any further news as to Mr. Nambia and Mrs. Naidu's son?
§ Mr. EDENI have nothing to add to the reply given to the right hon. Gentleman's question on Thursday last.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODMay I ask the Under-Secretary whether, in view of the fact that Mr. Nambia is still in prison, and it is not known in which prison he is, and also that many prisoners have been tortured, he will show the same assiduity in protecting the interests of British subjects as he has shown, rightly, in protecting the interests of British subjects in Russia?
§ Mr. EDENI can assure the right hon. and gallant Gentleman that His Majesty's Government will adopt the same attitude towards any country.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODHave inquiries been made by our Minister in Berlin as to the conditions and whereabouts of Mr. Nambia?
§ Mr. EDENI understand that the German authorities have some 2 cwts. of literature to examine in connection with this case.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWhere is this man imprisoned, and how is he being treated?
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill His Majesty's Government try and protect British nationals in Germany as efficiently as they are trying to protect them in Russia, and as efficiently as the American Government are protecting their nationals?
§ 35. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can obtain from Germany any news as to the whereabouts or safety of Messrs. Breitscheid, Wels, and von Gerlach?
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs the Under-Secretary of State aware that these three gentlemen are or were personal friends of the Prime Minister and can the British Foreign Office do nothing to try and discover whether these people are alive or dead?
§ Mr. EDENI am sure my right hon. Friend will appreciate that we have no locus standi in foreign countries except in the case of British subjects.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODAlthough we have no locus standi except in the case of British subjects, could not personal application be made in the interests of these people?