HC Deb 24 November 1958 vol 596 cc6-7W
Mr. Harold Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) if arrangements for accommodating the mobile element of the Fixed Team at Tan Chau, on the South Vietnam-Cambodian border, referred to in paragraph 74 of the Sixth Interim Report of the Control Commission in Vietnam and, again, mentioned in paragraph 39 of the Seventh Interim Report, have now been made; and what steps he has taken, as co-chairman, to further the Commission's plea for accommodation;

(2) what steps have now been taken towards the control of the third airfield, namely, Bien Hoa, as mentioned by the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam in its Seventh Interim Report, paragraph 43;

(3) if the Commission for Control and Supervision in Vietnam has now been allowed to make a reconnaissance of the nine new airfields in South Vietnam, referred to in paragraph 59 of the Sixth Interim Report and paragraph 44 of the Seventh Interim Report;

(4) if the Government of the Republic of Vietnam now provides the Fixed Team, Nha Trang, with the prescribed water transport; and whether the four other teams mentioned in paragraph 49 of the Seventh Interim Report of the Control Commission now have water transport.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

Such information as is available to Her Majesty's Government is received by them, as members of the Geneva Conference of 1954, in the Reports of the International Commission in Vietnam. Since the 7th Interim Report, to which the hon. Member refers, was published, a further report (the 8th Interim Report, dated 5th of June, 1958, and laid before Parliament in August, 1958, as Cmnd. 509) has been submitted. The points raised in the hon. Member's second and third Questions are dealt with in paragraphs 28 and 25 respectively of that Report. The points raised in the hon. Member's first and fourth Questions are not dealt with and no information is at the disposal of Her Majesty's Government.

Mr. Harold Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has yet replied to the request of the International Control Commission for Supervision in Vietnam, in paragraph 8, page 23, Appendix A of the Seventh Interim Report; and what reply he has given.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

No reply has been made to the International Commission's message of 14th September, 1956, and there have been no discussions with the other members of the Geneva Conference on this subject. The International Commission has not reverted to this matter in its 8th Interim Report of the 5th June, 1958, which was presented to Parliament as Cmnd. 509.