HC Deb 27 March 1946 vol 421 cc72-3W
104. Captain Bullock

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General, as representing the Ministry of Information whether official publications on the British war effort are on sale in the U.S.S.R.; and whether editions, translated into Russian, could be made available for circulation in that country.

Mr. Burke:

The Soviet authorities have not permitted public sale in the Soviet Union of the original English versions of official publications describing the British war effort. Their agreement was, however, secured to the translation into Russian of the official publications "Front Line "and" Combined Operations," and of a pamphlet containing official accounts of the British campaign in North Africa. The Russian editions of "Front Line" and "Combined Operations" were bought by the Soviet authorities and distributed in the Soviet Union.