4. Miss Wardasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his Department is in contact with the Export Credits Department with a view to helping friendly countries to develop their varied resources; and whether financial assistance of this kind is recognised as a means of promoting international friendship?
§ Mr. EdenMy department is in close touch with the Export Credits Guarantee Department and the two Departments keep each other fully informed. The work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department, however, is based on commercial and financial, and not on political, considerations.