HC Deb 16 June 1947 vol 438 cc175-6W
91. Mr. Driberg

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken to check the import of excessive quantities of U.S. cigarettes into Western Germany; and with what results.

Mr. Mayhew

No cigarettes, American or other, have been imported by the joint British and American authorities for the ordinary German population. The Ameri- can authorities have announced that, from 1st June, the private importation of cigarettes or tobacco and all traffic in cigarettes, except legal purchases of rations from Service institutes, is banned in their zone.