§ 1. Mr. Longdenasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation how the technical assistance programme for Latin America is developing; what has been done to implement the recommendations of the Committee on training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries; and how far it has been found possible to utilise in Latin America the services of members of Her Majesty's overseas services who have been retired prematurely after long and successful service overseas.
§ The Secretary for Technical Co-operation (Mr. Robert Carr)By December I expect that British experts will be working in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay. In addition, there will be a number of trainees in this country from South and Central America some of whom will I hope have come here under a scheme of training in which the Organisation of American States will be working with us.
The number of experts supplied by my Department to Latin American countries 207 is still small. Of the nine so far appointed or selected for appointment seven were members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service.
As regards the second part of the Question I would ask my hon. Friend to await my reply to Question No. 3.
§ Mr. LongdenWhile thanking my right hon. Friend for that Answer, may I ask him whether he is satisfied that Her Majesty's Government are doing everything they can—short of joining it and short of financial aid—to further the aims of the Alliance for Progress? Does not he feel that the United States can fairly look to this country to help to share the burden of trying to make and keep democratic what Persident Kennedy has called
the most crucial area in the world today"?
§ Mr. CarrI think that the fact that we are now starting a significant programme in Latin America is the best answer that I can give to my hon. Friend about my understanding of what he has said.