HC Deb 16 February 1948 vol 447 cc823-4
41. Mr. Emrys Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what documents containing notes of conversations between Mussolini and prominent British subjects were captured by the Allied Forces.

Mr. McNeil

I regret that, unless my hon. Friend is willing to be more precise in this Question, I cannot hope to return a useful or informative reply.

Mr. Hughes

In view of the anxiety of the Leader of the Opposition for the publication of captured documents, and of the request of the Minister for detailed and more precise information, will my right hon. Friend inquire whether the documents relative to a conversation between the Leader of the Opposition and Mussolini, in which the Leader of the Opposition expressed unquestionable—

Mr. Speaker

Order. The hon. Member is getting very near the borderline.