VIETNAM

HC Deb 07 November 1966 vol 735 cc204-5W

55. Mr. Zilliacus

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will modify his Vietnam peace proposals, which provide that the withdrawal of all extraneous forces from South Vietnam shall take place only two years after a political settlement has been reached, and that bombing may be resumed if the Conference fails to produce an agreed settlement.

Mr. George Brown

No.

62. Mr. Emrys Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which foreign countries outside the Common wealth are now supplied by Her Majesty's Government with advisory police missions; and for what purposes.

Mr. Padley

In Vietnam. The duties of this Mission have been described in Answers to a number of Questions put by my hon. Friend, notably on 18th July of this year.

63. Mr. Emrys Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what communication he has received, as co-chairman of the 1954 Geneva Agreement, from President de Gaulle setting out his proposals for ending hostilities in Vietnam; and what reply he has sent.

Mr. George Brown

None.

78. Mr. St. John-Stevas

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the progress made on the proposals he put forward at the United Nations in October for a peaceful settlement of the war in Vietnam.

Mr. George Brown

I would refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, South (Mr. Winnick).

81. Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent official discussions with President Johnson and Mr. Gromyko about the situation in Vietnam.

Mr. George Brown

I would refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, South (Mr. Winnick).

82. Mr. Blenkinsop

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what recent representations he has made to the United States Government on the necessity for the unconditional stopping of the bombing of North Vietnam as an essential preliminary to peace talks.

Mr. George Brown

I would refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, South (Mr. Winnick).