§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Treaty of Rapallo between Germany and Soviet Russia has been communicated in full to the League of Nations; and what are the terms upon which it can be denounced by either party?
Mr. A. HENDERSONThe text of the Treaty of Rapallo was signed on 16th April, 1922, and was registered with the League of Nations on 19th September, 1923. It was concluded between the German Reich and the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, and contained no provision for denunciation. A further treaty (dated 5th November, 1922) extended the application of the Treaty of Rapallo to the Ukraine, White Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Far Eastern Republic, and was concluded between Germany and these States. This Treaty was registered with the League of Nations on 13th July, 1924. Article 8 appears to provide for denunciation at three months' notice (a) of Articles 3 to 6, and (b) of Article 4 of the Treaty of Rapallo (in so far as this applies). The exact scope of the Article is not, however, entirely clear, and I am sending it to the hon. and gallant Member so that he may form his own conclusions.