Mr. PALMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether any report has been received from the Military Mission in Berlin of the result of the inquiries instituted last autumn to ascertain if a number of Allied prisoners of war were still detained in Quedlimburg Camp; and what steps, if any, are being taken to trace British prisoners of war in Germany who are still unaccounted for?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAs already announced in the Press, in December last a report was received from the British Military Mission in Berlin to the effect that there was absolutely no truth in the statement that Allied prisoners of war were still in Quedlimburg Camp. Quedlimburg is one of the best known camps in which Russian prisoners of war have been confined, and it has been visited frequently by representatives of the British Mission since the Armistice. As regards the last part of the question, the British Military Mission in Berlin has made all possible inquiries to discover any records of the death of prisoners who have not been accounted for.