Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Russia. – in the House of Commons am ar 8 Hydref 1924.
I am afraid I must ask for a little more precise statement. A paraphrase of a speech delivered at Geneva is not quite good enough to base questions upon, but, so far as I can gather, that is exactly what I have said in my answer. As a fact—it is not a question whether it ought to be or ought not to be—as a fact, the military occupation of the Soviet Government extends to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, and in the recognition of that Government that fact had to be taken into account. So far as His Majesty's Government is concerned, it has not recognised anything except the existing facts of the case.