§ 29. Mr. Francis Noel-Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British representatives on the Security Council of U.N.O. will be instructed to press for the sending of an international commission to investigate the fighting in Northern Greece.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Mayhew)The British representative on the Security Council already has this proposal in mind.
§ Mr. Noel-BakerWill my hon. Friend bear in mind the great interest which is taken in this House and throughout the country at the tragic situation in the North of Greece, and will he also bear in mind that many Greeks of all parties are very much puzzled by the behaviour of the British Army in standing by and playing no part, when they are supposed to be there to help to tranquillise Greece?
§ Mr. MayhewIn reply to the first part of the question, I warmly agree with the hon. Member. The second part raises a different question.
§ Mr. BlackburnIs it not a fact that an agreement would have been reached for an international fact-finding Commission to be sent to Greece, and that the proposal was vetoed by the Soviet Union?
§ Mr. MayhewThese things are still to be decided, and our representative is certainly bearing the suggestion of a commission in mind.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe are not, I take it, to assume from the hon. Gentleman's silence on this point that he agrees with the strictures made by the hon. Member for Brentford and Chiswick (Mr. F. Noel-Baker) on our Armed Forces in Greece?
§ Mr. MayhewCertainly not