§ 24. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to which Reparation Agency the 101.6 kilos of fine gold acquired by Spain from Germany during the war has now been restored.
Mr. McNeilThe Spanish Government has now agreed in principle to restore this gold. The Reparation Agency concerned is the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold, which consists of British, French and United States Commissioners. The next step is for the Commission to indicate to the Spanish Government how and when they wish the gold restored. I anticipate that they will do this in the near future.
§ Mr. Platts-MillsWill the Minister of State say whether it ought eventually to go to the Inter-Allied Reparations Agency and whether the Tripartite Commission will eventually direct that course?
Mr. McNeilThe Tripartite Commission is a competent body, and the list of States who are entitled to compensation of this kind and from this quarter has already been published and is known.