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Commonwealth Representative (Allied Council)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Japan – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 February 1947.

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Photo of Mr John Paton Mr John Paton , Norwich 12:00, 24 February 1947

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the machinery by which policy is discussed and directives issued to Mr. McMahon Ball, the British Commonwealth representative on the Allied Council for Japan.

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