35. Lieutenant-Colonel MacANDREWasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make any statement with regard to the negotiations for rubber restriction?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for DOMINION AFFAIRS (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald)I am replying on behalf of my right hon. Friend. No, Sir. The communiqué issued on the joint authority of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands Government on the 13th of February, which stated that reports to the effect that agreement had been reached for the regulation of rubber supplies were wholly inaccurate, represents the position. This communiqué was issued to contradict various unauthorised reports which appeared likely to mislead the public.