HC Deb 23 October 1941 vol 374 cc1918-9W
Mr. Thorne

asked the Minister of Information whether the Mr. Ivone Kirkpatrick, engaged by the Government to take charge of their propaganda to enemy and enemy-occupied countries, is the psychiatrist who had many meetings with Rudolf Hess?

Mr. Bracken

Mr. Ivone Kirkpatrick, who has been appointed Controller of the European Division of the B.B.C., is a member of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service who until the outbreak of war was First Secretary to His Majesty's Embassy in Berlin. In this capacity he had to meet most of the Nazi leaders and was therefore sent to identify and question Rudolf Hess when the latter landed in Scotland. Since February of this year Mr. Kirkpatrick has been the Foreign Adviser to the B.B.C. on behalf of the Government.