HC Deb 07 February 1955 vol 536 cc1543-4
24. Mr. Snow

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the civil war now being waged in the China seas, Her Majesty's Government will propose to the Powers immediately interested the making of a non-intervention pact of a type similar to that originally proposed to be applied during the Spanish civil war.

Mr. Turton

No, Sir.

Mr. Bing

Would not the right hon. Gentleman agree that he should address to the Government of the United States the same plea for moderation as he saw fit to address to the Chinese Government in regard to their conduct of the islands, at least of the inshore islands?

Mr. Turton

That does not seem to have anything to do with the non-intervention pact.

Mr. Bellenger

May I ask the hon. Gentleman, who has been in this House for some time, whether he recollects that this non-intervention pact mentioned in the Question was the signal for a free-for-all on the part of various other countries to interfere in some other country's civil war?

Mr. Turton

That is why my right hon. Friend did not feel that this suggestion would help to stop the fighting and make for peace.