§ 83. Mr. A. Hendersonasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will make a statement on the latest Soviet proposals at the 17-Power Disarmament Conference in Geneva.
§ Mr. GodberI presume the right hon. and learned Gentleman is referring to the statement of the Soviet delegate at Geneva on 27th March when he said that the Soviet Union would now accept control on their launching pads over the limited number of missiles which would temporarily remain to the Russians and Americans under the Soviet plan. I undertook to study this offer with care. But I also had to point out that the Soviet statement included no proposal for verifying that no other missiles or launching sites existed.