HC Deb 25 January 1951 vol 483 cc50-1W
Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the Governments of Roumania, Bulgaria and Hungary have observed the obligations of their Peace Treaties to restrict the numbers of their forces to 120,000, 55,000 and 65,000, respectively.

Mr. Ernest Davies

As was pointed out in our note to the Soviet Government of 5th January, there is "disturbing and growing evidence of the rearmament of the states of Eastern Europe." Since, however, the Bulgarian, Hungarian and Roumanian Governments publish no statistics on the size of their armed forces, it is difficult to estimate with any degree of certainty how far the Treaty limits have been exceeded.