§ 96. Mr. George Jegerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how the peace pact offered by Mr. Kosygin differs from the previous Anglo-Soviet pact 157W which was unilaterally abrogated in May, 1955 by the Russian Government, and from the similar pact between Russia and Germany in 1939.
§ Mr. MulleyThe two instruments mentioned by my hon. Friend were conceived in very different conditions from those which exist today and designed to serve very different purposes from the treaty of peaceful co-operation and friendship which we are now to negotiate with the Soviet Union. We have yet to work out the details but this treaty will of course be quite different in its conception and purpose. It will be concerned with bilateral matters and will not be directed against, or affect the relations of either the Soviet Union or the United Kingdom with, any third party.