HC Deb 19 October 1949 vol 468 c541
23. Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he will take to clear the character of British officials officially accused of taking part in the alleged plot against the Government of Hungary.

Mr. Bevin

So far as I know no British officials have been accused of taking part in the alleged plot against the Government of Hungary to which my hon. Friend refers. Though it is true that a number of British officials were mentioned by name at the trial of the supposed ringleaders, their characters do not seem to have been impugned, and it will have been obvious to anyone who has read an account of the trial that the so-called evidence bore very little, if any, relation to the facts.