HC Deb 02 April 1941 vol 370 cc971-2
1. Mr. Mander

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the circumstances in which M. Stoyadinovitch has been handed over to British custody by the Yugoslav Government?

The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Butler)

On 15th March the former Yugoslav Government informed His Majesty's Government that they were going to expel M. Stoyadinovitch from Yugoslavia and that they hoped His Majesty's Government would admit him to some British territory and keep him there. His Majesty's Government intimated their readiness to comply with the wishes of the Yugoslav Government. M. Stoyadinovitch is now therefore in British hands and will be kept in detention in British territory.

Mr. Gallacher

Is there any intention of transferring him to the Isle of Man?

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