HC Deb 29 May 1946 vol 423 cc204-6W
101. Wing-Commander Hulbert

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will now give a list of the allied war leaders who can attend the Victory Day celebrations on 8th June.

Mr. McNeil

As stated by the Prime Minister in the House on 1st April, only high ranking officers of the Allied forces have been invited to take part in the Victory March. The foreign Governments concerned have each been invited to send three high ranking officers representative of their righting forces. The following are the names of such officers so far as the information is available:

Country and Names of high-ranking Officers

  • United States:
    • General McNarney.
    • Admiral Hewitt.
    • Brigadier-General Hart.
  • China:
    • Lieutenant Colonel Kuei Yung-Ching.
    • Rear Admiral Liu Tien-Fu.
    • Major-General Maopang Chu Giles.
  • France:
    • General Koenig.
    • Contre-Amiral Ortoli.
    • General Corniglion-Molinie.
  • Belgium:
    • Major General Piron.
    • Commodore Timmermans, D.S.C.
    • Group Captain Leboutte. D.F.C.
  • Brazil:
    • General Zenobio da Costa.
    • Vice Admiral C. S. Dutra.
    • Brigadier Altain Roszani.
  • Czechoslovakia:
    • General Alois Liska, C.B.E., D.S.O.
    • General Karel Janousek, K.C.B.
    • Colonel Jaroslav Broz.
  • Denmark:
    • Rear Admiral B. H. Andersen.
    • Major General V. Bennike.
    • Colonel T. Andersen.
  • Egypt:
    • Ferik Ibrahim Attalah Pasha, C.B.
    • Lewa Hussein Mahmoud Pasha.
    • Miralai Abbas Abdel Hamed Char Bey.
  • Ethiopia:
    • General Mulughetta.
    • Lieutenant Colonel Tadla Makonnen.
    • Lieutenant Colonel Emmanuel
  • Greece:
    • General A. Papagos.
    • Air Vice Marshal Teliod.
    • Vice Admiral Kavadvas.
  • Iran:
    • General Yezdanpanah.
    • Major General Ahmed Nakhchevan.
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  • Iraq:
    • General Salih Saib Mohammed.
    • Major General Abdul Rassaq Hussein.
    • Major General Nar Ed Din Mahmud.
  • Luxembourg:
    • H.R.H. Prince John.
    • Colonel Ginter.
    • Major Ensch.
  • Mexico:
    • Brigadier General Ramon Rodriguez Familiar.
    • Commodore Gontran Chapital.
    • Brigadier General Rafael Amontero Ramos.
  • Nepal:
    • Senior Commanding General Sir Baber
    • Shumshere Jan Bahadur Rana, G.B.E., K.C.S.L, K.C.I.E.
    • Major General Ikrul Rana, K.C.I.E.
    • Major General Ikran Rana, K.B.E.
  • Netherlands:
    • General Kruls, C.B., C.B.E
    • Admiral Helfrich.
    • General Kicolas Leonard William van Straten.
  • Norway:
    • Major General Ole Berg.
    • Major General Biarne Oen.
    • Rear Admiral Toro Horvo.
  • Poland:
    • (Confirmation of names awaited).
  • Transjordan:
    • Major General Abdel Qader Pasha el Jundi, O.B.E.
    • Colonel Bahjat Bey Tabbara.
    • Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Sudqui Bey, M.B.E.
  • Anglo-Egyptian Sudan:
    • British Officer and 5 Sudanese Officers.