§ 62. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action he is taking to bring about further joint consultations between the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France and Great Britain on the international situation.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerWhile Her Majesty's Government are always ready to play their part in four Power joint consultations on the international situation, they consider that in present conditions more is likely to be achieved by less formal consultations between Governments.
The visit of the Prime Minister and my right hon. and learned Friend to Washington and Ottawa earlier this year, the discussions which the Prime Minister had with M. Mollet in March, and the 171W recent conversations with the Soviet leaders, all make it clear that Her Majesty's Government have these matters very much in mind.