HC Deb 10 May 1954 vol 527 c48W
16. Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will again request the Communist leaders to allow the Franco-Vietnamese wounded to be evacuated from Dien Bien Phu in accordance with the laws of war and customs of civilised peoples.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd:

The House will have learned with deep regret that the fortress of Dien Bien Phu fell on 7th May. The wounded must now be presumed in Communist hands.

Mr. Walker-Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made at the Geneva Conference towards a satisfactory arrangement for the evacuation of the wounded at Dien Bien Phu.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd:

Despite the efforts made at Geneva, it was not possible to come to any satisfactory arrangement for the evacuation of the wounded from Dien Bien Phu before the fall of the fortress on 7th May.