§ 8. Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the unsatisfactory nature of the arrangements for the reporting of the Korean truce talks by United Nations correspondents; and if he will seek to ensure prompter and fuller publication of information about the progress of these talks.
§ Mr. HeadSteps have now been taken to ensure that in future correspondents will be regularly and adequately briefed. A senior American information officer has been detailed to sit in on the talks, and will in future brief the United Nations correspondents.
§ Sir H. WilliamsDo I understand the Minister to say that negotiations of this kind are going to be under the eye of the Press all the time?
§ Mr. HeadNo, Sir. The arrangement made is that a senior information officer, who does not represent the Press, will sit in on the talks and will brief the correspondents after the talks.
§ Mr. Sydney SilvermanDoes the right hon. Gentleman recall that at a very early stage in these negotiations the American negotiators felt compelled to break off the talks because permission was not given for correspondents to attend, and in view of that, is it not an ironical result in that so many months afterwards special steps have to be taken to enable correspondents to report what they hear?