HC Deb 15 February 1944 vol 397 cc5-6
16. Mr. Pritt

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the map of the Russian battlefield, issued by the A.B.C.A. (Map Review No. 27) gives no indication of the lines which the U.S.S.R. regards as her frontiers, showing only the pre-1938 line; and whether he will direct the Bureau to show impartiality between our Ally and those who are hostile to her by adding her frontier to such maps.

Sir J. Griģģ

As a rule A.B.C.A. prints only pre-war frontiers in its Map Review and it draws attention to this fact. In Map Review No. 31 issued in January a special explanatory map was published showing the pre-war Polish frontier, the frontier agreed between the Germans and the Soviet Union in September, 1939, and the Curzon Line.

Mr. Pritt

While thanking the right hon. Gentleman for that up-to-date information, I wonder if he would bring the House of Commons Library more up to dale than Map Review No. 27?

Sir J. Griģģ

I am sorry. I did not know we were behindhand. I will send the later one.