§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, following the recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, he will make a statement on the position regarding the aircraft detained in Hong Kong; and whether he has considered the bearing on the matter of the United Nations General Assembly's resolution of 18th May, recommending an embargo on the sending of materials of strategic value to China.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsThe decision of the Hong Kong Court of first instance that 113W the legal title to forty of these aircraft lies with the Central People's Government is subject to appeal, and the aircraft will be detained in Hong Kong until the appeal is decided. An action in regard to the other thirty-one aircraft which are detained there has not yet been heard. It is therefore unnecessary at this stage to consider the application to these aircraft of the United Nations resolution.