§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Defence what action he took, in view of the speech made by Admiral Karl Adolph Zenker in 1956, describing war criminals Doenitz and Raeder as individuals whom all German naval officers should strive to emulate, which resulted in his dismissal from the German Defence Ministry, when Admiral Zenker's appointment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was proposed.
§ Mr. WatkinsonMy information is that Admiral Zenker was never dismissed from the Federal German Ministry of Defence. In any case, appointments of N.A.T.O. commanders other than N.A.T.O. Supreme Commander require only the consent of the Governments concerned. As Her Majesty's Government are not concerned in the particular area covered by the Command held by Admiral Zenker from 1957 to 1960, the question of action by Her Majesty's Government did not arise.