§ 46. Mr. Lewisasked the Prime Minister if he will give particulars of the dates on which he made approaches to Mr. Truman and Mr. Stalin for high level talks on international problems; and whether he will publish all correspondence relative to this matter.
§ The Prime MinisterI regret that no occasion has yet presented itself for such approaches, but I cannot feel that the responsibility for this falls either upon Great Britain or the United States.
§ Mr. LewisIs the Prime Minister aware that in the 1950 and 1951 Elections he promised the electorate that he would do what is contained in the Question? Are we to take it that this is another broken promise and that he has no intention of implementing it, that is was just thrown out to get a few votes for the Conservative Party?
§ The Prime MinisterWe do not want to fight those Elections over again on a Question, and I have no intention of doing so. I think the moment may well have been lost when such approaches could have been made.