§ 74. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Defence how long Trooper Milburn and Trooper Upshall of the Royal Tank Corps, British Field Post Office 69, were under close arrest for disobeying an order not to take part in the affairs of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Committee of 100; why this order was made; what was the nature of the propaganda they duplicated on the quartermaster's duplicator and on Army department stationery; and what was their punishment.
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§ Mr. KirkIt is undesirable from a military point of view that soldiers should take an active part in controversial affairs, and a specific order was given to them by an officer on 2nd June when it became evident that they were doing so. On 10th June they disobeyed this order by reproducing about 200 copies of a Committee of 100 leaflet on an Army Department duplicator and stationery. The leaflet was an account of the views and aims of the Committee of 100. They were under arrest from 10th June to 25th June when they were dealt with summarily by their commanding officer. It is not the practice to disclose summary punishments.