§ Mr. A. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the issuing of new passes to the members of the British Military Mission by the Soviet Commander at Potsdam whereby such passes are made valid for travel in East Germany instead of the Soviet Zone.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydAlthough the passes issued by the Soviet military authorities to members of the Mission were valid until 15th February, the Mission was informed on 30th January that existing passes would no longer be valid as from the following day. New passes were thereupon issued which contained important differences of wording, which are unacceptable. As hon. Members will have seen in the Press, a communication has been sent to the Soviet military authorities in Germany, and I would prefer at the moment to say no more on the subject. I hope that a satisfactory solution will be found.