§ 5. Mr. Petherickasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any assurance from the Partisan leaders in Yugoslavia that Reuter's correspondent and other British journalists who may shortly visit that 1427 country will be given every possible facility to collect and transmit news.
§ Mr. LawNo, Sir. But I should do what I could to see that they were given proper facilities if that should prove necessary.
§ 20. Mr. Pickthornasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what British newspaper correspondents have been in Yugoslavia since the relief of Belgrade; and whether the Reuter's correspondent, who is immediately returning to Yugoslavia, is one of them.
§ Mr. LawI understand that the following British newspaper correspondents visited Yugoslavia in November and have since left the country:
The answer to the second part of the Question is "Yes, Sir."
- Harrison of Reuter's.
- Hammond of the "Daily Mail."
- Cooper of the "Daily Express."
- Matthews of the B.B.C.
- Weston, Canadian Press.