Oral Answers to Questions — Russia. – in the House of Commons at on 14 September 1931.
Lord Balniel
, Lonsdale
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the annual cost of taking down broadcast messages fromm Moscow; and whether it is proposed to continue this practice?
Mr Anthony Eden
, Warwick and Leamington
The estimated cost for the current year of recording the messages broadcast in English from Moscow is approximately £550. In the present circumstances, my Noble Friend does not consider this expenditure justified, and has decided to discontinue it as a regular practice.
Mr Robert Taylor
, Lincoln
Have these translations been carried out by British nationals or by Russians?
Mr Anthony Eden
, Warwick and Leamington
I must have notice of that question.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
