§ Mr. Skeffington-Lodgeasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the reasons why Pastor Kulm is detained in Germany by the British authorities at Kiel and is thus prevented from joining his wife and family at Malmö and restarting his work in that town as pastor to the German community there.
§ Mr. MayhewI presume that my hon. Friend is referring to Pastor Kuhn who was repatriated to Germany in May, 1946, at the request of the Allied Control Authority in Germany on account of his wartime activities in Sweden. The tripartite travel agreement governing the exit of Germans from the three Western zones of Germany only allows the exit of such Germans in the most exceptional circumstances. I am having further inquiries made in the case of Pastor Kuhn, but so far there is no evidence that sufficient grounds exist for giving him exceptional treatment.