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Oral Answers to Questions — Afghanistan (Kabul Evacuations).

– in the House of Commons at on 6 March 1929.

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Photo of Mr Harry Day Mr Harry Day , Southwark Central

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether all British subjects have now been evacuated from Kabul; and can he give the total number of evacuations to date, stating the nationalities of the persons so evacuated?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON:

No, Sir. A number of British subjects from India elected to remain in Kabul. The following persons of various nationalities were evacuated from Kabul by the Royal Air Force between the 23rd December, 1928, and the 25th February, 1929:

British subjects369
Afghans36
French23
Germans57
Italians19
Persians25
Rumanians1
Swiss1
Syrians5
Turks49
United States citizens1
making a total of 586, of whom some 300 were women and children.

Photo of Mr Harry Day Mr Harry Day , Southwark Central

Are there any other subjects of other nationalities who elected to remain, or have all been evacuated?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON:

There are, I think, subjects of other nations still there.

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