§ 3. Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps Her Majesty's Government intend to take to prevent the recrudescence of Nazism in Germany resulting from the employment in a military capacity of ex-Nazis Major-General Arthur Brandt, Vincenz Mueller, and Bernhard Bechler.
§ Mr. TurtonThese officers have for some years been employed in the East German armed forces. Her Majesty's Government are not able to control or influence developments in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
§ Mr. HamiltonCan the Minister inform the House whether these three were included among the 87 who made such a heart-rending appeal last week? Can he further explain the phenomenon of peace-loving ex-Nazi generals in East Germany and war-mongering ex-Nazi generals in West Germany?
§ Mr. TurtonI should like to see the first supplementary question on the Order Paper, and I hope that the hon. Gentleman will put it down.
§ Mr. S. SilvermanWould not the easiest way of dealing with the matter in a manner satisfactory to all of us be to see that there were no German armed forces at all, and therefore no Nazi generals at the head of them—East or West?