§ Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India whether any Germans interned in India have been exempted by the Government of India from repatriation against the views of the local government; and, if so, whether the reasons for exemption have been published?
§ Mr. MONTAGUFour Germans were so exempted. In two cases the reasons were published, as explained in the reply given to the hon. Member for East Nottingham (Sir J. D. Rees) on 31st March. In the other two the reasons were not published. Of these, the first case was that of the son, born in Germany, of a French father: he is 59 years of age, has not been in Germany since he was 13, has an Anglo-Indian wife and a son who served in the British Army. The second case is that of a lady of 61 who left Germany when she was 17, has no connection with the country and is British in sympathies.