– in the House of Commons at on 9 April 1941.
Mr John Martin
, Southwark Central
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to give the House on the increases in the number of German personnel in French and Spanish North Africa?
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
Estimates of the strength of the German armistice commissions and other German personnel in French North Africa vary considerably, and I could not quote a figure; but there are indications that the number may have increased. There are German consular officials in the Spanish Zone of Morocco, and a German Consulate has recently been re-opened in Tangier.
Mr John Martin
, Southwark Central
Has the right hon. Gentleman any reason to suppose that any of the troops now operating in Libya came from Tunis?
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
I cannot give that information without notice.
Mr Frederick Cocks
, Broxtowe
Has not the number of Germans in Tangier considerably increased since the conclusion of the Hoare-Suner Pact?
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.
