Lieut.-Colonel MALONEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the Note handed to the Esthonian Government on 27th November by the chief of the British Military Mission and the other Allied representatives containing proposals for the reorganisation of the North-Western Army; whether these proposals represent the views of the British Government, or whether these statements are still presented without the knowledge of His Majesty's Government; and, if so, whether he will take early steps to disassociate His Majesty's Government from these proposals?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLWith the object of facilitating the supply of food to Russian soldiers and refugees, certain proposals were made on the 27th November to the Esthonian Government by the chiefs of the Allied Military Missions and the chief of the American Relief Association. These proposals were put forward in a disinterested endeavour to relieve a situation which formed a menace alike to Esthonian and to Russian interests, and I see no reason for His Majesty's Government to disassociate itself from them.