§ 1. Major Petherickasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to an official 1517 statement issued in the United States of America on the Manchurian crisis of 1931–32; and whether, in the interest of accuracy, he will see to it that the widest publicity is given to the official American version at the earliest possible moment?
§ The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Eden)Yes, Sir. I have seen Press reports to the effect that the United States Government have recently published certain documents relating to United States-Japanese relations from 1931–41. These will I understand appear in the United States Government's Foreign Relations Series. I am obtaining copies. When these are available they will be placed in the Library of the House for hon. Members, and the question of giving them other publicity in this country will be further considered.