§ 5. Sir G. Jeffreysasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement as to the policy of His Majesty's Government regarding the future of the former Italian territories in North and East Africa and of Italian-occupied islands in the Mediterranean.
§ Sir G. JeffreysMay I ask if this country has not got a policy, and whether that policy will include terms which will prevent the occupation by Italy or any European Power of points of our lines of communications from which those lines of communications could be threatened?
§ Mr. BevinI think that when I gave the report to the Council of Foreign Ministers I made a comprehensive statement which deals with that point.