Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1949.
Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
, Bedford
12:00,
31 October 1949
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the withdrawal of the system of licensing of newspapers by the Allies in Western Germany is leading to the disappearance of a democratic Press; and whether, in view of the nationalistic and pro-Nazi trends developing as a result, he will consider re-imposing some form of control for as long as any British Forces remain in occupation of Germany.
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