§ 54. Sir A. Knoxasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why the Polish 1258 Red Cross in London has been refused permission to send funds to the International Red Cross in Geneva for relief of distress in Poland; and whether it is possible to reverse this decision.
§ The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Peake)At the request of the Polish Government, His Majesty's Government have made the sum of 800,000 Swiss francs available to them for the purchase of goods in Switzerland to be sent to Poland through the International Red Cross for the relief of distress there, and I am informed that this amount is not yet exhausted. There seemed, therefore, to be no reason to make further Swiss francs available to the Polish Red Cross.