§ 11. Mr. Parkinasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when it was decided, as announced by a Foreign Office spokesman to the French Government at Christmas, that Her Majesty's Government would feel free to withdraw British troops from Germany In the event of the French Parliament failing to ratify the Paris Agreements.
§ Mr. TurtonThe Foreign Office statement of 24th December did not say that Her Majesty's Government would feel free to withdraw British troops from Germany in the event of the French Parliament failing to ratify the Paris Agreements. The question, therefore, does not arise.
§ Mr. ParkinWould the Minister agree that it is most unfortunate that Press reports should give the impression that the policy of Her Majesty's Government in agreeing to British troops in Germany was solely concerned with defending the French against the Germans?
§ Mr. TurtonThe papers I read carried the Foreign Office statement quite accurately.