§ Mr. Owenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the work the British Council now undertake in Vietnam on which £50,413 will be spent in 1965–66; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. George ThomsonThe British Council allocation of funds for their work in Vietnam in 1965–66 is £25,327 and not £50,413. Out of this sum the Council maintain an Office and Library in Saigon with a London appointed Representative and seven locally employed staff. The Council concentrates on English language teaching and allied subjects, subsidises three British lecturers at the University of Saigon and held short summer schools in 1964 and 1965 for teachers of English. As in other countries the Council organises the Cambridge examinations in English.