asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will call for a full Report from Mr. Hodgson with regard to the persecution of the Christian Church in Russia; and whether he will instruct him to make every effort to save the Patriarch Tikhon?

His Majesty's Government are already in possession of full information on the subject received from time to time from the British Agent at Moscow. The Soviet Government is well aware of the sentiments that would be excited throughout the civilized world if the Patriarch were executed.