asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement concerning the present relationship of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Japan in the Far East, as affecting British subjects and British trade there?

It would be improper for me to attempt to make authoritative statements in regard to the relations obtaining between foreign Powers. I am not aware that any British subjects or interest has been adversely or otherwise affected by the relations at present existing between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Japan.