HC Deb 03 June 1947 vol 438 c7
12. Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for War when the despatches covering the loss of the Malay Peninsula and Singapore will be published.

Mr. Bellenger

It is expected that these despatches will reach their turn for publication some time in the autumn of this year.

Mr. Stokes

Can my right hon. Friend say why this has taken so long? Is he aware that several battalions from my neighbourhood marched straight off their boat into captivity, and that their friends and relations want to know how this happened, and they cannot learn that until they see these despatches? Will he please hurry them up?

Mr. Bellenger

Strange to relate, I also want to know what happened and I am calling for this despatch myself. I am afraid it will not be possible to expedite it. There are many other dispatches which have to be published.