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Oral Answers to Questions — Hungary (Deputy's Arrest)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 March 1947.

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Photo of Professor Douglas Savory Professor Douglas Savory , Queen's University of Belfast 12:00, 24 March 1947

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken by the British representative to support the communication of General Wemyss, the U.S. representative on the Allied Control in Hungary, addressed to Lieutenant-General Svirdov, Vice-Chairman of the Allied Control Commission in Hungary, protesting against the arrest of Deputy Bela Kovaks, the Secretary-General of the Smallholders' Party, by the Soviet forces of occupation.

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