HC Deb 24 April 1967 vol 745 cc207-8W
Mr. Brooks

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government regarding the implementation of the Munich Agreement of 1938 with reference to the Sudetenland;

(2) to what extent it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government that a final peace settlement in central Europe requires de jure recognition of the Czechoslovak frontiers of 1937.

Mr. Mulley

Her Majesty's Government regard the Munich Agreement as completely dead and have so regarded it for many years. The fact that it was once made cannot justfy any future claims against Czechoslovakia. Her Majesty's Government take the view that no consideration should be given to any changes affected in or since 1938.

The final determination of the Czechoslovak frontiers with Germany and Poland cannot be formalised until there is a Peace Treaty.

Her Majesty's Government recognise de jure the Czechoslovak frontiers with Austria, Hungary and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Mr. Brooks

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government regards the frontier between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Czechoslovakia as de jure.

Mr. Mulley

Yes.

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