§ Mr. Joplingasked the Prime Minister what was the cost of taking a television prompting machine operator to Rhodesia in October, 1965, and to Moscow in February, 1966, respectively; what was the additional cost of taking the necessary equipment; and for how many minutes his television appearances lasted on both occasions.
§ The Prime MinisterThe total cost—including hire of equipment and operator, air freight of equipment, insurance, operator's expenses and air fare—was about £800 in the case of the visit to Rhodesia and about £300 in the case of the visit to Moscow. It did not prove possible to make a broadcast in Rhodesia but the broadcast in Moscow which lasted about 10 minutes was seen, according to the estimate in theDaily Telegraph, by 40 million Russians.