§ 109. Mr. Moneyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Soviet Government with regard to the policy of that Government towards persons of Jewish origin in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the lines of the public representations he made to the Spanish Government about the Basque nationalists.
§ 111. Sir E. Bullusasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what communications he has had with the Soviet Government regarding the treatment of Jewish persons in that country on the lines of the public representations he made to the Spanish Government about the Basque nationalists.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleI would refer my hon. Friends to my reply to the hon. Member for Leicester, North-West (Mr. Greville Janner) on 14th January.—[Vol. 809, c.118.]
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the Government's intervention to try to save the Basque nationalists sentenced to death and the Russian Jews; and what results were obtained on these approaches.
§ Mr. RoyleHer Majesty's Government had no formallocus standi to intervene in these cases. Nevertheless, in the 197W case of the Basques, we made known our concern, on humanitarian grounds, at the death sentences passed by the Spanish military court. In the case of the Soviet Jews, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office discussed certain aspects of the matter with the Soviet Ambassador on 27th December on the instruction of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State.