HC Deb 17 December 1947 vol 445 cc337-8W
Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why it is necessary to keep 36 high grade police officers in Hamburg, in view of the fact that the control of the police has long ago been handed over to the Germans.

Mr. Bevin

The British police officers in Hamburg are still necessary to supervise and advise German police and their authorities, and to perform certain essential functions of Military Government.