Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Mawrth 1947.
Professor Douglas Savory
, Queen's University of Belfast
12:00,
24 Mawrth 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.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
