§ 18. Mr. Zilliacusasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government will propose at the United Nations Summit Conference on the Middle East that the Tripartite Declaration should be converted into a Quadruple Declaration by including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and changed into an undertaking by these four permanent members of the Security Council that they will work together through that body to control the traffic in arms, keep the peace, and guarantee frontiers against aggression in the Middle East.
§ Mr. ZilliacusDoes the right hon. and gallant Gentleman not recognise that it is necessary to have a policy for the Summit Conference based on abandoning the attempt to exclude the Soviet Union from the Middle East and trying to devise some way of co-operation with the Soviet Union on the basis of the Charter? Will not the hon. and gallant Gentleman show in some way that the Government appreciate the need for a fresh start?
Commander NobleI certainly agree that there is a need to have a policy in this matter, and we shall make our policy clear in New York.