§ 41 and 42. Mr. Zilliacusasked the Prime Minister (1) if he will raise at the Summit Conference the question of finalising the provisional agreement reached at Geneva for a moratorium on nuclear tests accompanied by joint experiments to improve the existing methods for the control of underground tests; and if he will propose that all governments concerned refrain from conducting such tests until the agreement is concluded;
(2) whether, in order to reduce the tension and danger to the success of the Summit Conference resulting from the U2 incident and its aftermath, he will remind his fellow-members of the Conference that they are also fellow permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations, and propose that the four powers enter into a joint agreement to act in accordance with the principles, purposes and obligations of the United Nations Charter in their mutual relations, and initiate discussions on a code of conduct to implement this undertaking.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI have been asked to reply.
I think it would be better to await the statement which my right hon. Friend will be making tomorrow about the events of the last few days in Paris.
§ Mr. ZilliacusI appreciate that in their present form these Questions are merely flowers on the grave of the Summit Conference, but would not the right hon. Gentleman, in connection with the whole situation, consider making the proposal in the first Question to the Nuclear Tests Conference at Geneva, and the possibility of making the proposal in the second Question to the Security Council of the United Nations when this matter comes up there?
§ Mr. ButlerTechnical discussions on these matters are actually continuing at Geneva, so there is certainly no objection to my bringing to the attention of my right hon. Friend the beautiful language and the ideas of the hon. Gentleman.