HC Deb 24 October 1956 vol 558 c27W
13. Mr. Fletcher-Cooke

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what information he has as to the continued presence of Soviet armed forces in Hungary and Roumania; and whether he has called the attention of the Soviet Government to the obligation undertaken by them in the Treaties of Peace with Hungary and Roumania of 1947 to withdraw all their forces from Hungary and Roumania 90 days after the withdrawal of the Soviet armed forces from Austria.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

My information is that two Soviet Army divisions and two Air Force Divisions are stationed in Hungary and two Army divisions and one Air Force division in Roumania. These forces are claimed to be in Hungary and Roumania with the consent of the Hungarian and Roumanian Governments under the provisions of the Warsaw Treaty of May, 1955, which preceded the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Austria. No representations have been addressed to the Soviet Government on this subject.

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