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asked the Tinder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the black French troops in the occupied area are billeted in private houses or in barracks?
I am not in a position to give the House any information respecting the billeting arrangements made by French military authorities.
Will the hon. Gentleman make inquiries and find out, because it is contrary to public opinion that black troops should be used against white people?
Hear, hear!
Without expressing any opinion upon the statement of the hon. Member, I think he will see that it. would be very unbecoming for us to make such inquiries.
Why use white troops against white people?
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asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the number of French troops in the original occupied area of Germany; and what are the approximate number of French troops in Germany to-day, including the occupation of the Ruhr and Upper Rhine districts?
I have been asked to reply. In round figures the number before the occupation of the Ruhr was 91,000. It is now 116,000.