§ 7. Mr. P. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now make a further statement about the recent disturbances in the Southern Sudan and the trials arising out of them.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanThe Commission set up by the Sudan Government to inquire into the causes of the disturbances has not yet completed its report. I am not, therefore, in a position to make a detailed statement. Meanwhile, according to my latest information, the restoration of normal conditions in Equatoria Province is continuing.
2. Trials are proceeding in civil courts of persons accused of crimes committed 58W at the time of the mutiny, when over 450 Northerners were killed. Military courts-martial are being held to try mutineers.