§ Captain Ramsayasked the Prime Minister whether any protest was lodged by His Majesty's Government against the manner in which our military mission was retained in Moscow under the guise of promoting a pact when in fact a pact had already been signed with Germany some weeks beforehand?
§ Mr. ButlerThe position was not exactly as stated by my hon. and gallant Friend. The British and French military missions left Moscow immediately after the conclusion of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact which was not signed till 23rd August. The Soviet-German Commercial Agreement which preceded it was signed on 19th August.