§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if the seven parcels of catalogues of defence equipment sent to the South African Defence Department in January used NATO stock lists and specifications;
(2) why in January 1976 his Department sent several parcels of catalogues of defence equipment to the South African Government.
§ Mr. MasonThe British defence equipment catalogue is distributed to a large number of countries worldwide. Some entries refer to NATO stock numbers and specifications for identification purposes, to facilitate ordering and to indicate that the equipment concerned meets NATO standards. Copies of the catalogue have been passed to the authorities in Pretoria because some of the wide range of items in the catalogue are not subject to the embargo on the sale of arms to South Africa.
§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will ask Sir Philip Allen, following his inquiry into arms sales through Aviation Jersey Ltd. to South Africa to inquire into all our other supplies of military equipment abroad which may be going to the South African Defence Department from Great Britain.
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