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from a document sent to him by the British Ambassador in Athens.
May I be allowed to ask that the papers be laid upon the t
The Prime Minister: It is fully within the rights---
Mr. A. Bevan: The right Hon. Gentleman is not the chairman.
The Chairman (Major Milner): The Hon. Gentleman has put a
question to me. The answer is that except in matters where it
is against the public interest it is usual to lay such documents
on the table.
Mr. Gallacher: I want to ask if it is in order for the Prime
Minister to quote from one of his own Speeches 25 years ago about
Soviet Russia?
The Prime Minister: Evidently the chance remark which I made
the other day to the Hon. Member has stung him deeply. I shall
continue to probe carefully the exact political shade which he
adopts. With regard to this document I think I should be quite
ready to lay the telegram which I quoted.
A Mr. Bevan: The whole document?
The Prime Minister: The whole document subject to anything
that may be excluded on the grounds of the public intere
Mr. Bevan: On the account of public security?
The Prime