HC Deb 25 March 1948 vol 448 c376W
Mr. Martin

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the flagrant and armed breach of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter by those states concerned in supporting the rebels in Greece and receiving children abducted from Greek homes into their custody, he will withdraw British Ambassadors from the States concerned.

Mr. Mayhew

As the hon. Member is aware, the United Nations Assembly is now seized of the question of intervention in Greece, and has sent a special Balkans Committee to examine the situation on the spot. At an open meeting held on 4th March, this Committee specifically decided to examine, as a matter of urgency, the Greek Government's charge that the Greek guerillas, in conjunction with the northern neighbours of Greece, were planning to abduct Greek children and carry them over the northern frontiers. In these circumstances, His Majesty's Government do not propose to take any independent action.