HC Deb 29 July 1946 vol 426 cc504-5
20. Mr. Ronald Chamberlain

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement in reference to the recent visit to this country of the Greek Prime Minister, particularly as affecting the forthcoming plebiscite.

Mr. Noel-Baker

The communiqué which was issued at the end of the Greek Prime Minister's visit fully covered the conversations which took place, and I have nothing to add to its terms. The occasion was taken to impress on Monsieur Tsaldaris the urgent hope of His Majesty's Government that the forthcoming plebiscite will be held in conditions of law and order which will enable the electors of all parties to cast their votes with a sense of freedom and security, and he was warned of the lamentable impression which would be created abroad if there appeared to be grounds for thinking that the result did not properly express the will of the Greek people.

Mr. Chamberlain

As a result of these conversations, is there any prospect of the very oppressive Public Security Acts being modified, particularly as the Undersecretary of State indicated on 1st July that he was making suggestions to that end?

Mr. Noel-Baker

That is quite a different question. Perhaps the hon. Member will put another Question on the Paper.

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