HC Deb 04 February 1948 vol 446 c296W
116. Mr. T. Reid

asked the President of the Board of Trade if any representative from Malaya was appointed as a delegate or otherwise to take part in the recent discussions at Geneva on the future of rubber.

Mr. Bottomley

The United Kingdom Delegation at the recent discussions in Geneva included a senior official of the Government of the Malayan Union, but he had to return to his post before it became possible to negotiate actively on rubber, which, as my right hon. Friend explained in the Debate on the Motion for the Christmas Adjournment on 19th December, was only considered right at the end of the Conference.