§ 14. Mr. Fitzroy Macleanasked the Secretary of State for War for how much longer it is proposed to keep Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt in confinement in 979 this country; and what charges are to be, or have been, preferred against him.
§ Mr. ShinwellI am consulting with my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General regarding the action to be taken in this prisoner's case.
§ Sir Ronald RossHas this prisoner been held beyond his normal repatriation date?
§ Mr. ShinwellIt is not a question of normal repatriation in a matter of this sort.
§ Sir R. RossIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that this officer was the only officer of the German Army who was reported never to have given the Hitler salute?
§ Mr. ShinwellI should think there may be other misdemeanours.