HC Deb 23 September 1943 vol 392 cc455-6W
Mr. Sloan

asked the Secretary of State for India whether, during the period of stay of the personnel of the 4th Indian Division in this country, officers and men will have the opportunity of meeting their own countrymen without restrictions and without supervision; and whether any facilities will be afforded for Indian workers to meet in an atmosphere of a friendly character?

Mr. Amery

The party of the 4th Indian Division must naturally remain under the supervision of its officers while in this country, but its programme has already included a number of informal social occasions sponsored and arranged by Indians at which the company has been predom- inantly Indian. At all of these the atmosphere has been both informal and friendly and at some the company has included Indians of the working class.