§ 81. Sir W. Smithersasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why His Majesty's Government found it necessary officially to recognise the 30th anniversary of the Russian Revolution by sending a telegram of congratulation especially at a time when anti-Anglo-American demonstrations were taking place in the streets of Moscow.
§ Mr. MayhewThe sending of such messages of greeting on the anniversaries of the foundation of the Soviet State was a wartime practice which my right hon. Friend has not seen fit to discontinue.