§ Mr. Raikesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give the total number of persons attached to the staffs of the Embassies of France, China, U.S.S.R., U.S.A., and the Argentine Republic in the United Kingdom, and also the number of the corresponding staffs attached to the British Embassies in the above-mentioned countries.
§ Mr. MayhewThe following are the numbers of officials holding the diplomatic rank of attaché or above on the staffs of the Embassies of France, China, the U.S.S.R., the U.S.A. and the Argentine Republic in London and on the staffs of His Majesty's Embassies in those countries:—
French Embassy in London. 40 H.M. Embassy in Paris. 50 Chinese Embassy in London. 27 H.M. Embassy in Nanking. 27 Soviet Embassy in London. 30 H.M. Embassy in Moscow. 31 American Embassy in London. 70 H.M. Embassy in Washington. 59 Argentine Embassy in London. 20 H.M. Embassy in Buenos Aires. 21 The total numbers of the clerical staff employed at His Majesty's Embassies in the five capitals are 179, 25,.46, 296 and 103 respectively. I regret that complete figures for the Embassies of the five Powers in London are not available since the Missions concerned do not necessarily notify all members of their staff to this Department.
§ Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many persons having diplomatic privilege are now attached to the various foreign missions accredited to this country respectively; and what extra accommodation is occupied beyond that normally used by such foreign missions.
§ Mr. MayhewThe following statement shows the numbers of persons employed respectively on the diplomatic, clerical and domestic staffs of the foreign diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James's whose names are recorded in the Foreign Office as entitled to claim diplomatic privilege:— 5W
Diplomatic Mission. Diplomatic Staff. Clerical Staff. Domestic Staff. Afghan Legation … … … … 4 — 7 Argentine Embassy … … … … 2O 1 18 Austrian Legation … … … … 4 3 — Belgian Embassy … … … … 16 31 26 Bolivian Embassy … … … … 4 — 1 Brazilian Embassy … … … … 14 4 19 Bulgarian Legation … … … … 5 — — Chilean Embassy … … … … 12 — 19 Chinese Embassy … … … … 27 6 13 Colombian Embassy … … … … 9 — 3 Costa Rican Legation … … … … 1 — 1 Cuban Legation … … … … 2 2 3 Czechoslovak Embassy … … … … 17 30 16 Danish Embassy … … … … 14 61 13 Dominican Legation … … … … 2 — 3 Ecuadorean Legation … … … … 4 — — Egyptian Embassy … … … … 18 2 18 Ethiopian Legation … … … … 3 — 1 Finnish Legation … … … … 4 6 6 French Embassy … … … … 40 75 19 Greek Embassy … … … … 16 4 13 Guatemalan Legation … … … … 2 — — Haytian Legation … … … … 2 — 1 Hungarian Legation … … … … 7 6 5 Icelandic Legation … … … … 4 2 2 Iranian Embassy … … … … 11 — 7 Iraqi Embassy … … … … 9 4 6 Italian Embassy … … … … 12 20 8 Lebanese Legation … … … … 4 — 8 Liberian Legation … … … … 1 — — Luxembourg Legation … … … … 2 — 2 Mexican Embassy … … … … 5 1 5 Nepalese Embassy … … … … 4 1 16 Netherlands Embassy … … … … 25 54 25 Norwegian Embassy … … … … 18 8 19 Panamanian Legation … … … … 5 — — Paraguayan Legation … … … … 3 — 1 Peruvian Embassy … … … … 8 — 4 Polish Embassy … … … … 17 41 24 Portuguese Embassy … … … … 11 3 3 Salvadorean Legation … … … … 1 — — Saudi Arabian Legation … … … … 4 — 3 Siamese Embassy … … … … 9 3 4 Soviet Embassy … … … … 30 77 33 Spanish Embassy … … … … 16 7 17 Swedish Embassy … … … … 17 46 17 Swiss Legation … … … … 14 41 14 Syrian Legation … … … … 5 — 6 Transjordan Legation … … … … 3 — 1 Turkish Embassy … … … … 20 6 21 United States Embassy … … … … 70 280 148 Uruguayan Embassy … … … … 6 — 2 Venezuelan Embassy … … … … 5 — 3 Yugoslav Embassy … … … … 14 24 13 In reply to the second part of the Question it is difficult to decide what should be regarded as the extent of accommodation "normally used" by foreign diplomatic missions, whose requirements may vary from time to time with the amount of work devolving upon them. The complexity of diplomatic 6W work in the postwar period and the wider range of activities now comprised under the general heading of diplomacy are reflected in a certain increase in the accommodation occupied by foreign diplomatic missions as compared with prewar days, but I am not in a position to give precise details of this extra accommodation.