HC Deb 26 November 1941 vol 376 cc725-6
7. Mr. Mander

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of making it clear that the third paragraph of the Atlantic Charter must not necessarily be taken to mean that the only method adopted of ascertaining the wishes of peoples as to their form of government should be by plebiscite, in view of the large changes of population brought about forcibly by the enemy during the course of the war?

Mr. Eden

There is nothing in the Atlantic Charter to, suggest that the wishes of the peoples concerned should necessarily be ascertained by means of a plebiscite.

Mr. Mander

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is a certain amount of anxiety on the point among the States overrun by Germany whose citizens have been taken elsewhere?