§ Mr. MORELasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the impossibility if reaching a permanent settlement of the Near Eastern problem without the cooperation of the Russian Government, His Majesty's Government will reconsider the advisability of extending a formal invitation to that Government to attend the forthcoming Conference at Lausanne?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt was in consideration of Russia's interest in the matter that His Majesty's Government, in conjunction with the Governments of France and Italy, issued on the 27th October a formal invitation to the Russian Government to participate in the discussion at Lausanne regarding the Straits.