HC Deb 27 July 1955 vol 544 c159W
109. Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Minister of Defence what negotiations are in progress with the South African Government with a view to establishing a defence organisation for Africa; what representations he has received from other African Governments; and which other African Governments will be invited to participate on equal terms when negotiations concerning the defence organisation for Africa take place.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

The terms of our understandings with the South African Government on all the subjects discussed with Mr. Erasmus are fully set out in the recent White Paper and I have nothing to add at present to what was said in that document and in the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 4th July.