HC Deb 15 May 1933 vol 278 c7
11. Mr. COCKS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to lay papers regarding the Four-Power Pact?

The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir John Simon)

No, Sir. The conversations have not yet reached a point at which I can usefully approach the other parties with a view to the publication of documents, and I would ask hon. Members to believe that such publication at the moment would not be in the general interest.

Mr. COCKS

Are we to take it that this Pact is dead, or, if not, in a cataleptic trance?

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