HC Deb 02 June 1942 vol 380 cc514-5
41. Mr. Edmund Harvey

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare, what progress has been made in the carrying out of arrangements for the controlled supply of food for the Greek people; and whether the good offices of the Swedish authorities have yet secured the consent of the German and Italian Governments to a satisfactory plan of relief?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare (Mr. Dingle Foot)

As indicated in my reply of 19th May, we addressed a communication to the Swedish Government on 9th May, requesting elucidation on certain important points in the German and Italian replies. No answer has yet been received to this communication.

Mr. Harvey

Would it be possible to make use of the good offices of the Vatican in order to secure the necessary information?

Mr. Foot

I am sure that the Swedish Government are doing everything possible to secure an early reply to the inquiry.