HC Deb 05 December 1944 vol 406 c380W
Sir A. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for War if he can give the name of the officer appointed to succeed General Burrows as Chief of the British Military Mission in Moscow.

Sir J. Grigg

No successor has so far been appointed, but Rear-Admiral Archer is officiating as Chief of the Mission.

Sir A. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for War how often, in the course of the year, officers from the British Military Mission at G.H.Q. in Russia visit the armies at the front; and whether application has been made for permission to attach British representatives to the H.Q. of Russian armies in the field.

Sir J. Grigg

Visits by officers from the British Military Mission in Moscow to the Russian Armies at the front have not been instituted as a matter of routine. This is clearly not possible for operational and administrative reasons. The Head of the Mission paid a visit to the Russian front in July of this year. Another officer of the Mission visited the front in October.