§ 63. Mr. Mayhewasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reports he received during 1966 of bomb damage to residential areas of Hanoi; and what means of communication to the United Kingdom are available to Her Majesty's Consul at Hanoi.
§ 64. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what analysis has been made by Her Majesty's Government of the effects of United States bombing in and around Hanoi; if he will publish the findings; and what protest has been made against the further escalation of the war in Vietnam.
§ Mr. George BrownI have nothing to add to what I told the House on 18th January [Vol. 739, c. 425–38.] and to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's reply to the hon. Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Dickens) on 19th January.—[Vol. 739, c.126–7.]
§ 67. Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish a white paper setting out British efforts to secure peace in Vietnam and the response elicited in each case from the United States of America and the North Vietnamese, respectively.
§ Mr. George BrownI am considering publishing a further list of attempts to promote peace in Vietnam to follow up the collection of documents published in Cmnd. 2756 in August 1965. I will keep the House informed.
§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reports he has received in his capacity as a chairman of the Geneva Conference from the International Control Commission on the number of incidents and casualties caused in South Vietnam by Vietcong action.
§ Mr. George BrownI have received no information of this nature from the Control Commission.
185WThe hon. Gentleman may, however, have seen the statement by President Johnson in his State of the Union message on 10th January, that the Vietcong had killed and kidnapped 26,900 South Vietnamese civilians in the last 32 months.