§ 42. Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about progress at the arms talks in Geneva.
§ Mr. RentonThe recent Soviet proposals, put forward in response to earlier US proposals, are unbalanced and self-serving. But they contain positive elements on which we can build. The United States Government have put forward fresh proposals, building on their earlier approach, responding to concepts in the Russian ideas on which progress might be made, while rejecting obviously one-sided features. We have given our full support to this new United States move.