104. Air Commodore Harveyasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what requests have been made to the Soviet Government for British civil aircraft to operate to Moscow.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterNo requests have been made for the operation of scheduled services to Moscow because, as I stated in reply to the hon. Member for Govan (Mr. Rankin) on 23rd November, the Soviet authorities have informed us that they are not yet able to contemplate the operation of such services. Four applications have been made since 1947 for non-scheduled flights.