§ 16. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why it has been decided that the heads of the British Military and Police Missions shall in future attend meetings of the so-called Greek Supreme Council for National Defence; and how this affects his repeated undertakings to withdraw all British Forces from that country as soon as possible.
§ Mr. BevinArticle 3 of the Greek Decree Law No. 730 of 15th December, 1945, which established the Greek Supreme National Defence Council, provides for the participation of the officers commanding the British Military, Naval, Air and Police Missions at the Supreme National Defence Council without the right to vote whenever the Council desires their presence on any particular subject. I am not aware of any new decision on this subject. As regards the second part of the Question, I stated, in the course of my speech on 22nd January, that we are prepared to withdraw the small detachment of British operational troops from Greece334W once her Northern neighbours honourably agree to leave Greece alone. There is nothing to add to that statement.