HC Deb 15 April 1946 vol 421 c364W
39. Mr. Rankin

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is prepared to make a statement on the demand of the U.S.S.R. that the Persian question should be removed from the agenda of the Security Council of U.N.O. when it meets on 6th May.

Mr. McNeil:

It is the view of His Majesty's Government that the Soviet Government's request for the removal of the Persian question from the agenda of the Security Council should not be accepted, and His Majesty's Government have instructed their representative on the Security Council accordingly. My hon. Friend will no doubt have seen Press reports that the Persian delegate has been similarly instructed and that Mr. Byrnes has been quoted as holding the same view.