HC Deb 16 October 1946 vol 427 cc204-5W
96. Mr. Haire

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the circumstances of the arrest of Mr. Stephen Zollner, a Board of Trade official, in Yugoslavia; and the reasons for his continued detention.

Mr. Bevin

Mr. Zollner was arrested on 5th September an the orders of the Yugoslav Ministry of the Interior and is at present confined in a prison in Belgrade, where he has been visited by a representative of His Majesty's Embassy. His Majesty's Ambassador has been informed that he is accused of serious offences against the security of the Yugoslav State. His examination has not yet been completed and specific charges against him have not, therefore, yet been formulated.