HC Deb 07 August 1941 vol 373 c2107W
Sir P. Hannon

asked the Minister of Information whether he will make a statement on the action which has been taken to bring to the notice of the people of the United States of America and Latin America the text of the communication addressed to the "Times" on 21st December last by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and the President of the Council of the Free Churches on the five points submitted by the Pope as a basis of peace policy following upon the close of the war?

Mr. Thurtle

Yes, Sir. Immediate steps were taken to give wide publicity to the letter published in the "Times" on 21st December, 1940, on "the foundations of a Christian peace." The text was cabled in full to the United States of America and to Latin America. It was published with newspaper comment in bulletins which reached American church leaders of many denominations and the editors of American religious newspapers.