§ 8. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps to invite the United Nations to set up a committee to investigate and report on the desirability of setting up a form of world government.
§ Mr. HughesDoes not the Under-Secretary agree that my suggestion would be a step towards the very desirable aim of a settled world peace, which all humanity ardently desires; and will he reconsider that answer with a view to giving a different answer?
§ Mr. NuttingMy view is—and it is the view of Her Majesty's Government—that setting up a world Government can only follow and not precede such a degree of international understanding as, unhappily, does not exist today.