HC Deb 30 May 1934 vol 290 c160
9. Mr. ANSTRUTHER-GRAY

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state the reasons given by the German Government for the arrest of Mr. Pembroke Stephens, Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express," on 15th May?

The PRIME MINISTER

I understand that the occasion for Mr. (Stephens's arrest at Aken, near Dessau, on the 15th May was that of suspicion of being engaged in industrial espionage.