§ 3. Mr. COCKSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has ascertained from the German Government whether Herr Hitler, in stating that the German Government was prepared, in principle, to conclude pacts of non-aggression with each of its neighbours with the exception of Lithuania, included Soviet Russia in the definition of a neighbour?
§ Sir S. HOAREHis Majesty's Government have always assumed that Herr Hitler's offer included Soviet Russia.