§ Mr. G. Strauss(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will take immediate steps to prevent the large gold reserve held in London by the Czecho-Slovak National Bank being handed over to the German authorities?
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon)I understand that no request has been made for the transfer of any part of the gold reserve up to the present; but we have asked the Bank of England not to make any exceptional transfers of Czecho-Slovak gold or balances, without reference to His Majesty's Government.