§ 41. Mr. Mayhewasked the Lord Privy Seal what further action Her Majesty's Government are recommending to the United Nations to achieve a settlement in the Congo.
§ Mr. HeathMy noble Friend the Foreign Secretary recently told the Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations that in Her Majesty's Government's view the deteriorating economic situation of the Congo makes it vital that a reconciliation between Katanga and the rest of the country should be achieved without delay. He stressed the importance which Her Majesty's Government attached to the use of peaceful methods to achieve a solution in order to avoid further damage to the country. Her Majesty's Representatives have also spoken in this sense to the Central Congolese Government and to the Katanga Provincial authorities. U Thant said that these views accorded with his own.