§ Mr. N. Macphersonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what communications he has received from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding the Russo-British Treaty of Alliance concluded in 1942.
§ Mr. TurtonOn 23rd October, 13th November, and 9th December, the Soviet Government delivered Notes in the course of which they stated their view that the London and Paris Agreements were incompatible with the Anglo-Soviet Treaty of 1942. On 20th December, the Soviet Government delivered a further Note in which they accused Her Majesty's Government of crudely violating their obligations as an Ally under the Anglo-Soviet Treaty by becoming a participant 287W in the Paris Agreements. The Note went on to state that the act of ratifying the Paris Agreements would cancel out and annul the Treaty and added that, after ratification of the Agreements, the Soviet Government would have no other alternative but to put forward for examination by the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. a proposal for annulling the Anglo-Soviet Treaty.
Her Majesty's Government do not accept the Soviet contention that the Paris Agreements are inconsistent with the obligations assumed by Her Majesty's Government under the Treaty. They do not propose to be deflected by threats of this nature from pursuing their chosen policy of reinforcing the security and stability of Western Europe.