§ 26. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the official correspondence of Mr. Neville Chamberlain dealing with diplomatic negotiations affecting Czechoslovakia at the time of the Munich Conference has been omitted from the recently published collection of Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919–39.
Mr. McNeilThe volume of Documents on British Foreign Policy to which the Question refers covers the period from 9th March to 23rd July, 1938. No official correspondence of Mr. Neville Chamberlain dealing with diplomatic negotiations affecting Czechoslovakia has been found in the Foreign Office archives for the period covered by this volume and none has, therefore, been omitted.
§ Mr. HughesWill the Minister explain the matter to us, in view of the fact that at that time there was very definite correspondence on the part of the Prime Minister on this question? Will he inquire in the Prime Minister's Department to ascertain whether these important documents will be included in the next volume?
Mr. McNeilThat is quite another question. The question which I was asked referred to the archives of the Foreign Office.