§ Lieut.- Commander Joynson - Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any intimation has yet been received from any of the Governments concerned that they accept the tentative proposals recommended by the Dumbarton Oaks Conference.
§ Mr. Georģe HallThe hon. Member's question appears to be based on a misapprehension, since the tentative proposals agreed on the official level at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference have not been submitted to any Government for acceptance. The terms of the invitation to the San Francisco Conference, issued by the United States Government on behalf of the four sponsoring Governments, have been published in the Press. The invitation suggests that the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, as supplemented at the Crimea Conference, should be considered by the inviting Governments as affording a basis for the Charter of a World Security Organisation, which it is hoped will be drafted and agreed upon at the Conference.