SECURITY COMMITTEE
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE
(British Official Wireless.) ' (Eeceived June 22, 1 'p.m.)
RUGBY, June 21,
Sir John Simon, in the. House of Commons, said that the statement rei garding security, made'by the British delegate, Mrs. Corbett Ashby, at the (Jen* oral Commission of the Disarmament Conference, was made on his authority, and represented the attitude of the British Government. The 'statement was as follows: "It will be understood that the .United Kingdom, in consenting to contribute a member "to the Committee on Security, is not contemplating that, further agreements of the nature of regional security agreements to be concluded in Europe would be agreements to which the United Kingdom is a party. The United. Kingdom has already become a party to the regional security agreement of Locarno; and understands that the agreements now coh. j templated for ; other parts of Europe would be between other parties. Oa this understanding the United King* , dom is quite willing, if desired, to con.*/1 tribute a member to thecommittee."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 146, 22 June 1934, Page 9
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