§ 5. Major Tufton Beamishasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further statement to make regarding His Majesty's Government's policy towards Rumania following his announcement that the elections were neither free nor fair, but involved wholesale falsification of the results by Government authorities.
§ Major BeamishCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether, as has been alleged, all the newspaper correspondents present in Rumania during these elections have expressed the view that arrangements on polling day were satisfactory?
Mr. McNeilNo, Sir, that is quite untrue. There were many abstentions. There was only one British representative of a British newspaper who signed the declaration. He was Mr. Ivor Montague, of the "Daily Worker."
§ Mr. GallacherIs not the Minister aware that hon. Members on the other side are more concerned about oil than about democracy?
§ Major BeamishWill the Minister send a copy of this Question and answer to the hon. and learned Member for North Hammersmith (Mr. Pritt)?
§ 15. Professor Savoryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now received a reply from the Rumanian Government to his representations regarding the falsification of the recent elections.
§ Professor SavoryWill the right hon. Gentleman demand an answer, and also call the attention of the Rumanian Government to the fact that, as the only two representatives of the Opposition have been compelled to resign, here again the Moscow Agreement has not been carried out?