§ 14. Mr. A. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the recent official statement of the United Nations Secretary-General, to what extent it is now the policy of Her Majesty's Government that the proposed Summit Conference should be within the framework of the United Nations.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI understand that at a Press conference on 5th May, Mr. Hammarskjold explained that he had not made a proposal in his speech a few days before. He added that whether or not a Summit Conference, if one were to be held, should be within the framework of the Security Council would, in his view, depend on the programme for such a conference. My right honourable and learned Friend agrees with these views.
§ Mr. HendersonWill the Government consider proposing that the Secretary-General of the United Nations be invited to sit in as an observer at the Summit Conference, and, to that extent, associate the United Nations with the conference?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI think that it will very much depend on how the issues regarding Germany, Berlin and so on arise and whether they are taken up in the United Nations, and, if so, in what form they are taken up in the United Nations. It is much too early to pronounce on any of those matters.