HC Deb 16 February 1953 vol 511 c870
41. Mr. S. O. Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will now agree to withdraw all British personnel from Korea, having regard to the frequent unilateral actions of other powers actively engaged in the Far Eastern theatre of war, all increasingly intensifying the danger of a third world war, and the helpless vulnerability of this island in an atomic war.

Mr. Eden

I do not accept the premises on which the hon. Gentleman's Question is based, and the answer is "No, Sir."

Mr. Davies

Notwithstanding that answer is not the right hon. Gentleman now absolutely convinced that what has happened in Korea—the recurring unilateral action and the treatment of this Government with contempt by another Power—has reduced the situation to a farce and calls for the evacuation of all British personnel from Korea?

Mr. Eden

I should have thought the general view was that even though the outcome of the Korean fighting is not yet settled the United Nations have gained a victory in that they have halted aggression.