HC Deb 14 February 1962 vol 653 cc157-8W
70. Mr. Brookway

asked the Lord Privy Seal what are the terms of reference of the three-man mission to South Vietnam, led by Mr. R. G. K. Thompson, former Defence Secretary of Malaya.

Mr. Heath

The British Advisory Mission was set up, as I stated on 23rd October last year, at the request of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam to provide expert assistance in the field of administrative co-ordination and police matters.