22. Mr. Colin Jacksonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further plans he has for invoking United Nations assistance in the passage of South Arabia to independence by 1968.
§ Mr. PadleyWe are at present considering this subject, in consultation with the Government of the Federation of South Arabia.
Mr. JacksonWould not the Minister of State agree that, bearing in mind the useful work that the United Nations has done at other frontiers in the Middle East, if we could get an agreed observer team it might be at any rate one factor in helping to prevent disaster as the territory moves towards independence?
§ Mr. PadleyWe should welcome the presence of U.N. observers at general elections in South Arabia. We are also very willing to explore, together with the Federal Government, any other practical means of establishing co-operation between the United Nations and the Governments in South Arabia in preparation for the territory's independence.