§ Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to recent negotiations between Germany and Portugal respecting renunciation by Portugal of her rights under the Treaty of Versailles; and whether any recent treaty has been signed between these two countries?
§ Viscount CranborneAn agreement was signed at Lisbon on 29th June, 1936, between Germany and Portugal, and ratified on the 18th December, 1936, the purpose of which was to regulate the execution by Portugal of the provisions of The Hague Agreement of 20th January, 1930, whereby Portugal, in common with the other creditor Powers, renounced, in respect of property not liquidated before the 1st September, 1929, the right to seize and liquidate German property granted to her under Article 297(b) and other provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.