§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the claim by the Soviet Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov that western banks were in a plan to destabilise the Soviet currency; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe have no information to substantiate Mr. Pavlov's claim. Both our interests and those of the Soviet Union would be best served by the emergence of a free market there. An unstable currency would hinder, not help that process.