§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish a list of the principal British-owned assets, on both private and public account, held in the South Yemen at the time of its independence, with an approximate valuation in current prices of each.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsThe civil assets on British public account held in Southern Yemen at independence consisted of Government House at Aden and some 50 Government offices and quarters up-country. A rough estimate of the depreciated cost value of these is less than a quarter of a million pounds; the market value is not ascertainable.
British-owned military assets on public account are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.
I have no information on the value of British-owned assets held on private account.
§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if it is his policy to support admission of the South Yemen Republic to the United Nations.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsYes. My right hon. and noble Friend Lord Caradon asked on 4th December for the inscription of a new item on the General 407W Assembly's agenda to deal with the application of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen to join the United Nations. The United Kingdom intends to act as co-sponsor for the new state.