HC Deb 27 March 1922 vol 152 cc974-5W
Mr. MOSLEY

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a subsidy of £186,071 was paid to the Persian Government in March, 1920, despite specific instructions that advances were authorised up to the 20th February, 1920, only, as stated in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General, page 49; and whether the Treasury has now accepted responsibility for this payment in addition to the sums of £53,163 I and £43,917 paid in April and May, 1920, respectively, to the Persian Cossack Division without previous reference to the Treasury?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

The answer in each case is in the affirmative.

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