HC Deb 18 November 1946 vol 430 c52W
Wing-Commander Hulbert

asked the Prime Minister if he will now make a statement about the German plans for invading this country in 1940.

Sir H. Lucas-Tooth

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about the German plans for invading this country in 1940; and also about the circumstances which led up to all military units in the United Kingdom receiving a warning that invasion was impending on the evening of a date in September, 1940.

The Prime Minister

Yes, Sir. The following statement about German plans for invading this country in 1940 is based on captured German documents and interrogation of German prisoners of war.