§ Mr. Levyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will see that the present principle of recruitment to the Greek police and gendarmerie under the British Military Mission, which excludes Communists but admits X-ites, will be amended to exclude neither or both.
§ Mr. BevinIf the Greek police and gendarmerie are to be impartial and non-political forces it is clearly desirable that extremists of both sides should be excluded. I have instructed His Majesty's Ambassador in Athens to impress this most strongly on the Greek Government. The head of the British Police Mission to Greece informs me that he has frequently urged on the Greek authorities the need for vigorous and drastic action against extremists of the Right who transgress the law.