§ 74. Professor Savoryasked the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the protest made by the United States Government against the seizure and carrying off of Italian property in the zone at present occupied by the Yugoslav armies in Trieste, without com pensation to the inhabitants and whether instructions have been given to the British Ambassador at Belgrade to support the protest of the United States Government, in view of the fact that this portion of Trieste constitutes, under the Treaty of Peace with Italy, part of the International Zone.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Mayhew)As my right hon. Friend the Minister of State informed the hon. Member for Abingdon (Sir R. Glyn) on 31st March, His Majesty's 610 Government addressed a Note to the Yugoslav Government on 24th March, protesting against the seizure and removal of property of Italian nationals by the authorities in the Yugoslav zone of occupation in Venezia Giulia. My right hon. Friend is aware that the United States Government have made a similar protest.
§ Professor SavoryIs the hon. Gentle. man aware that these people were already robbed and despoiled when the Yugoslav troops first occupied Trieste, and they are now being deprived of all that remains to them?
§ Mr. MayhewWe have nothing to add to what we have said in our Note.