§ 37. Mr. Granvilleasked the Prime Minister whether he will consider setting up a supreme council of the United Nations to obtain the closest unity in the offensive phase of the war and for the purpose of creating the machinery for consultations between the United Nations on questions affecting future political and economic security?
§ The Prime MinisterI have nothing to add to the previous answers given on this and similar Questions.
§ Mr. GranvilleIs the Prime Minister still satisfied with the machinery for regular consultation between China and Russia and His Majesty's Government?
§ The Prime MinisterI am satisfied that everything possible is being done to make that consultation as intimate and as constant as possible.
§ Mr. A. BevanIs it not a fact that if this supreme council had existed and consultations had taken place upon all the aspects of offensive war, some unfortunate incidents in North Africa might have been avoided?
§ The Prime MinisterI do not think there is the slightest truth in that—not the slightest.
§ Mr. GranvilleIs the Prime Minister satisfied that international machinery exists to carry out the ideas contained in the Deputy Prime Minister's speech on Sunday?
§ The Prime MinisterI am afraid I am not bearing in my mind at this moment those passages in the Deputy Prime Minister's speech which referred to this topic.