§ 5. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that 128 persons are now on trial for their lives in Salonika; that among these are girls of 20 and boys of 14 and 15; and whether, in the light of these arrests and trials, he will now withdraw the British Police and Military Missions from Greece.
§ Mr. BevinThe 128 persons on trial were captured in operations following upon the bombardment of Salonika on 10th February. They are charged with 143W complicity in that outrage and include a number of misguided young people. I understand, however, that in Greek law minors, though they are considered responsible for their actions, are normally accorded as lenient treatment as the law allows. No British Mission will be withdrawn from Greece on the ground that persons accused of participation in an outrage have been brought to trial.