HC Deb 15 December 1947 vol 445 cc1430-1
3. Sir Waldron Smithers

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has considered the correspondence that has been sent to him concerning maladministration among the personnel of the Control Commission in Germany; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mayhew

I am having this correspondence examined, and, with the hon. Member's permission, I shall write to him on the subject.

Sir W. Smithers

In view of the continued accusations against the administration of the Control Commission and the consequential loss of. British prestige, will the Under-Secretary have all these cases examined so that they can be substantiated or repudiated?

Mr. Mayhew

I do have all these cases looked into, but few of them have concrete evidence to support them.

Sir Peter Macdonald

Is it not a fact that the Select Committee on Estimates, who were in Germany recently and reported on these particular cases, refuted the statements made in a great many of them, and said that the Control Commission were doing a very excellent job?

Mr. Mayhew

I am sure that that is the general view of well-informed people.