§ Q11. Mr. Hugh Fraserasked the Prime Minister why work on the completion of the Official History of World War I has stopped; whether he is aware that in some cases, such as the East African campaign, the work has been half done whilst in others, such as those of North and South Russia and Afghanistan, it has not begun; and whether he will now review this decision.
§ The Prime MinisterWork on the history of the minor campaigns of the First 117W World War was stopped in 1942 in order to complete as quickly as possible the remaining volumes on the main campaigns. Thereafter the official historians have been fully occupied with the military history of World War II and this task, which is expected to be completed by 1970, must be given priority.
The plan of the histories did not include a volume on the Afghan war in 1919. An official account of the campaign was however published by the Government of India in 1926.