HC Deb 22 January 1958 vol 580 c186W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for War whether the statement made by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery regarding the action to be taken with respect to Major-General Hakewill-Smith and Major-General Urquhart, formerly Colonels-in-Chief of the Highland Light Infantry and the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was made with his authority.

Mr. Soames

No. Lord Montgomery was expressing a personal opinion on a matter of topical Army interest to an audience of ex-Service men