§ 86. Mr. Luardasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British Government will propose at the forthcoming meeting of the Disarmament Conference in Geneva a moratorium on the construction of anti-ballistic defence systems.
§ Mr. George BrownWe should certainly like to see the United States and Soviet Union, which are the only countries able to deploy anti-ballistic missile defence systems, move towards an understanding on this vital question. We have urged this both at the Geneva Disarmament Conference and in the General Assembly of the United Nations. But we believe the best hope of making progress in this direction lies in the discussions which President Johnson has stated he is initiating with the Russians.