The Archive · 1924

THE ANGLO-SOVIET CONFERENCE

Premier's Promise to Make Full Statement when Cireumstances Permit London, June 16, In the House of Commons to-day, questioned in regard to the Anglo-Soviet Conference, the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay' MacDonald, said that he would make a full statement in the House of Commons when the negotiations had reached a stage which would justify his reporting to Pavliament.

In this connexion, Mr. P. J. Hannen, Conservative Member' for Birmingham, asked whether the statement would include limitation of the period of time that the conference would last. Mr. Mac-Donald replied in the negative. He wanted the conference to have as much time as necessary in order to cover the very wide and complicated ground, which also necessitated cor-tain sections of the conference negotiating with interests outside the

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