§ Sir C. Mott-Radclyffeasked the Prime Minister whether he will now arrange for the publication as a White Paper of the messages exchanged between Sir Anthony Eden and Marshal Bulganin in September and October, 1956.
§ The Prime MinisterThe messages from Marshal Bulganin dated 11th September, 28th September and 23rd October and of Sir Anthony Eden's messages of 16th September and 6th October were communicated to the Press on 22nd April, 1957. However, I think it might be useful if the texts were made available in convenient form. They will therefore
IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM Cotton raw (except linters) Centals of 100 lb. Countries of consignment 1954 1955 1956 Nigeria … 568,887 753,632 614,390 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland … 40,305 4,688 — Tanganyika … 31,039 40,680 40,298 Uganda … 227,562 42,793 147,318 Aden … 87,410 78,100 99,598 India … 77,543 254,722 209,986 Pakistan … 357,589 284,855 207,748 Total of above countries … 1,390,335 1,459,470 1,319,338 All other Commonwealth countries … 76,552 41,410 49,669 Soviet Union … 253,059 474,897 215,366 Sudan … 757,453 744,095 1,109,631 Egypt … 747,595 287,444 169,063 United States of America … 2,571,462 1,824,437 2,603,709 All other foreign countries … 2,540,381 1,795,443 2,057,738 Total from all sources … 8,336,837 6,627,196 7,524,514