§ 26 and 27. Captain Ramsayasked the Prime Minister (1) whether the League of Nations has ever recognised the seizure of the Ukraine by the armies of the Soviet in 1919;
(2) Whether the League of Nations has yet accepted as legitimate the invasion and conquest of Georgia, without declaration of war, in 1921, by the 7th, 12th and 9th Soviet armies, whereas Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy and Japan had granted Georgia de jure recognition six months previously?
§ Mr. ButlerAt the time when the Ukraine and Georgia were incorporated in the Soviet Union, that country was not a member of the League of Nations. Acceptance of the Soviet Union as a member of the League in 1934 implied recognition by the League of the Union as then constituted.
§ Captain RamsayIn the case of Georgia, had not the Soviet itself given de jure recognition to Georgian independence?
§ Mr. ButlerAt any rate, when the Soviet Union made application to become a member of the League, it had already incorporated these two areas, and they were recognised as part of the Soviet Union.