HC Deb 22 June 1964 vol 697 c21W
65 and 66. Mr. Warbey

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as co-chairman of the Geneva Conference 1954, (1) what investigations have been made by the International Control Commission for Vietnam into the allegations, made officially to the co-chairman and to the Commission by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, that toxic chemicals have been employed in the course of hostilities in the southern zone of Vietnam, that armed incursions have been made into the northern zone from outside, and that the air space and territorial waters of the northern zone have been violated; and what reports have been submitted to him by the Control Commission on these matters;

(2) what reports have been submitted to him, as co-chairman of the Geneva Conference 1954, by the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam, since the Commission's Special Report of June 1962; and when the reports will be published.

Mr. R. A. Butler

I have received no reports since the Commission's Special Report of 1962 and have not been officially notified of the nature of the questions at present under investigation by the Commission.