§ 90. Mr. Piratinasked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the views on the U.S.S.R.'s domestic and foreign policy and on Egypt's role in the war expressed in a broadcast from the official military broadcasting station at Singapore by Lieut.-Colonel Bernard Braines on Saturday, 2nd 413W March, 1946; and whether this represented the views of, or were approved by, the British military administration in Malaya.
§ Mr. Lawson:I understand that the broadcast to which the hon. Member refers was one of a series of commentaries on World Affairs in which speakers summarised the week's news and that the British Military Administration in Malaya accepted no responsibility for any views expressed or interpretations placed on the news by individual speakers. I am making further inquiries into the circumstances in which a broadcast in this series was given by a serving officer.