South Sudanese (Attitude)

HC Deb 28 January 1953 vol 510 cc109-10W

44. Mr. Philips Price

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the uncertainty about the attitude of the South Sudanese over the powers of the Governor-General since the reported agreement of some of them with Egypt, what steps he is taking to find out the attitude of representative South Sudanese on this question.

Mr. Eden

The attitude of the South Sudanese over the powers of the Governor-General was made clear by their representatives in the Sudanese Legislative Assembly which accepted the draft Self-Government Statute.

As I informed the House last week, no representatives of the Southern population were parties to the agreement in Khartoum. If any further clarification of the views of the Southerners is needed, no doubt it could be given by their representatives in the proposed new Sudanese Parliament.