§ 11. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what arrangements have been made to protect the position of British citizens who have been conscripted into the armed forces of the United States, in the event of the United States of America becoming involved in a war in which Her Majesty's Government decides that British citizens shall remain neutral.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydAs stated by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary on 12th May, under existing United States leglislation British subjects who are in the United States on temporary visas and are liable to United States military service can obtain their release from this obligation. Permanent residents can apply to2W their local draft boards, which have authority to permit their departure from the United States. I cannot say what the position might be under the hypothetical conditions mentioned in the Question.