§ Sir F. Medlicottasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in order to facilitate the maximum amount of business being done by, and with, the Soviet buyers, he will relax the restrictions on the movement within the United Kingdom of the members of the Soviet Trade Delegation now staying in London.
§ Mr. Ian HarveyThere are no restrictions on the movement within the United Kingdom of members of the Soviet Trade Delegation in London. Members of the Trade Delegation are required to give 48 hours notice of journeys more than 35 miles from the centre of London. This requirement is not intended to restrict the business activities of the 53W Trade Delegation or of Soviet buyers, and does not in practice restrict them provided the Soviet officials concerned take the small amount of care needed to notify us of their journeys. Her Majesty's Government are at all times ready to cancel their regulations if the Soviet Government remove the restrictions which they impose on the movements of British staff in Moscow.