§ 5. Mr. Yorkasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what request to the British Government has been made by the Netherlands Government for prisoners of war to help in reconstruction and in the removal of war works.
§ Mr. BevinThe Netherlands Government have not addressed such a request to His Majesty's Government. The Netherlands Government addressed a request to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, in July, 1945, for the services of 10,000 German prisoners of war, but withdrew the request a month later.