HC Deb 31 July 1961 vol 645 cc113-4W
72. Mr. Brockway

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will join the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics co-chairman in requesting the Vietnam International Control Commission to take the initiative in implementing the Geneva Agreement by proposing that all military aid to both North and South Vietnam be ended, that trade, postal and cultural relations between the two territories be restored, and that free elections for a united Parliament be held under the supervision of the nations participating in the Control Commission.

Mr. Heath

No. The functions of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam are defined by the Geneva Agreements of 1954 and such initiatives do not fall within the Commission's competence.

83. Mr. Baird

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he has yet received the eleventh report of the International Control Commission on Vietnam; and what evidence that report contains of the extent to which United States troops attached to the military aid and advisory group are now accompanying South Vietnamese troops on active service.

Mr. Heath

The eleventh interim report has not yet been received.

84. Mr. Baird

asked the Lord Privy Seal what representations he has received as co-chairman of the Geneva Conference about the application of the Geneva Agreement of 1954 to the problem of subversive activities in South Vietnam.

Mr. Heath

My noble Friend has received two telegrams from the North Vietnamese authorities calling for a reversal of the recent decision of the International Commission for Supervision and Control to investigate acts of subversion in Vietnam.

Mr. Brockway

asked the Lord Privy Seal what report has been received from the International Control Commission in Vietnam regarding the military aid given by the Government of the United States of America to the South Vietnam Government.

Mr. Heath

With the exception of the eleventh interim report, which has not yet been received, all the Reports of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam have been published and will be available to the hon. Gentleman.

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