§ 4. Captain Ramsayasked the Prime Minister whether he will assure the House that the creation of a Federal Union of European States is not one of the war aims of His Majesty's Government?
§ Mr. ButlerI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Norfolk (Mr. De Chair) on the 2nd May.
§ Captain RamsayIs my right hon. Friend aware that this plan, if adopted, will arouse hostility against us in almost the whole of Europe, who look upon it as the setting up of a Judaeo-Masonic super-state?
§ Mr. ButlerI would rather leave my hon. and gallant Friend's interpretation of this plan to him and the explanation of the Government's attitude to my Noble Friend's broadcast of 7th November last, to which I refer my hon. and gallant Friend.
§ Captain RamsayMay I ask my right hon. Friend whether he considers that in their interpretation of the reactions of neutrals His Majesty's Government really live in an atmosphere of reality?
§ Mr. ButlerYes, Sir.