§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the recent negotiations with the Smith régime in Rhodesia.
§ Mr. KershawI would refer the hon. Member to the statement my right hon. Friend made to the House on 25th November and to the White Paper published on the following day.—[Vol. 826, c. 1536–40.]
§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsbergasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in the course of his discussions in Salisbury, the question of Rhodesia's outstanding external indebtedness was raised.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeI made it clear to Mr. Smith that we would regard an acknowledgment of liability for their outstanding external debt as a prerequisite of the financial negotiations which would need to follow a political settlement and I obtained a satisfactory assurance on this point.