56. Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reports he has received concerning the safety of British subjects in Saigon, following the renewal of Vietcong attacks on the city, including the indiscriminate use of rockets; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael StewartAs hon. Members know one British journalist was killed in the Viet Cong offensive in early May. Reports from Her Majesty's Ambassador in Saigon, who keeps in constant touch with the British community, are that there have been no British casualties resulting from the latest indiscriminate bombardment of the city by rockets and mortars.
95WWe deplore these senseless attacks which cause death and misery to innocent civilians. Peace is unlikely to come in Vietnam if the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces persist in them.