§ Sir G. COLLINS asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that reports are at this moment circulating in Greece to the effect that His Majesty's Government are in favour of the restoration of the ex-King Constantine; and, if so, whether he can make any statement on the subject?
§ Mr. HARMSWORTH: If such reports are current, they are devoid of all foundation and can only owe their origin to Constantinist and other propaganda agencies. H.M. Government hesitated to exercise their rights as guarantors of the Greek Constitution until they had received undoubted proof of the duplicity and unconstitutional methods of King Constantine. The behaviour of the ex-King both during the War and since the Armistice have been such that H.M. Government would be unwilling to recognise him as the head of a friendly and Allied State.