5. Mr. V. Adamsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, and, if so, what, influence was brought by His Majesty's Government to bear on the delegate from New Zealand immediately before the delivery of his speech at the Council of the League?
§ Mr. EdenMy attention has been drawn to certain Press reports on this matter. I am glad to have this opportunity of stating that these reports are entirely without foundation.
§ Mr. ManderAre we to understand from that reply that the New Zealand Government is in the fullest accord with the views expressed by the British Government at the recent Council meeting in Geneva?
§ Mr. EdenAny one of His Majesty's Governments is entitled to state its own point of view. All I say is that Press reports to the effect that I blue-pencilled this speech are entirely inaccurate. I understand that the representative of the Council of His Majesty's Government in New Zealand has already denied those reports.
§ Miss WilkinsonThose are reports that the right hon. Gentleman censored the speech, but is it a fact that the right hon. Gentleman made no representations to the representative of the New Zealand Government which caused him to modify the speech he had originally decided to make?
§ Mr. DaltonDoes not the right hon. Gentleman welcome the whole-hearted support of His Majesty's Government in New Zealand?