HC Deb 14 November 1949 vol 469 c1680
53. Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he is taking to secure the release of 22017561 Private B. Tyndall, Northants Regiment, from detention by the Soviet authorities in Austria.

Mr. Mayhew

I am glad to be able to inform my hon. and gallant Friend that Private Tyndall and Private Newsam were released by the Soviet authorities on 12th November, and are now with their regiment in Vienna.

Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

While congratulating my hon. Friend on the successful outcome of these particular negotiations with the Soviet authorities, will he make representations in favour of early compassionate leave for Private Tyndall, whose father is seriously ill in hospital as a result of weeks of anxiety?

Mr. Mayhew

I think that question is now one for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War.