HC Deb 24 October 1949 vol 468 c88W
51. Mr. Plaits-Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has taken note of the declaration of the Chancellor of the West German Federal Government regarding Germany's eastern boundary; and if he will make it clear that His Majesty's Government recognise the Oder-Neisse line as the eastern boundary of Germany.

Mr. Mayhew

The answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, the attitude of His Majesty's Government was made clear in the Potsdam Agreement and subsequently in the Council of Foreign Ministers.