§ 79. Mr. P. Noel-Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the Committee of Eighteen Nations will re-assemble; who will represent Her Majesty's Government; and what new proposals concerning the reduction of the means of delivering nuclear weapons Her Majesty's Government's delegate will put forward.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament will reconvene at Geneva on 21st January, 1964. The British delegation will be led by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, the Foreign Office Minister responsible for disarmament matters. I shall myself keep closely in touch with the developing situation. We are considering with our allies whether there are any new proposals for reduction of nuclear delivery vehicles, which could usefully be put forward when the conference reconvenes.