HC Deb 30 July 1951 vol 491 cc129-30W
49. Miss Ward

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why statements which dealt with the evacuation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's staff, which were wrongly attributed to His Majesty's Ambassador or staff, were not immediately contradicted, either by himself or through the Embassy in Teheran.

Mr. Ernest Davies

My right hon. Friend has kept the House fully informed of His Majesty's Government's policy with regard to evacuation from the Persian oilfields, and I think his statements were sufficient to correct any inaccurate reports which may have been wrongly attributed to His Majesty's Ambassador or his staff.