§ 154. Mr. Grimondasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further information as to the present situation of His Majesty's Minister to South Korea.
§ Mr. Ernest DaviesOn 21st July a cablegram was received which had been sent off on 19th July from Pyongyang. It was apparently from Mr. Holt, and stated that he and the two members of his staff who had remained with him in Seoul,142W Mr. George Blake and Mr. Norman Owen, had been removed by the North Korean authorities from Seoul to a place of safety near Pyongyang. This was the first direct communication received from Mr. Holt since the fall of Seoul.