HC Deb 24 November 1952 vol 508 cc15-6
31. Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the reasons for the release from Werl prison in Westphalia, by the British authorities, of the former German Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring.

The Joint Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Anthony Nutting)

I would refer to my reply to the hon. Member for Fife, West (Mr. Hamilton) on 11th November.

Mr. Anthony Greenwood

Will the hon. Gentleman assure the House that Her Majesty's Government have no intention of paying compensation to Kesselring for inconvenience or loss?

Mr. Nutting

As far as I know, no question of compensation arises in this particular case.

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