HC Deb 15 June 1967 vol 748 c123W
Dr. Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, which countries have severed diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom since 5th June 1967, and what reasons they have advanced for so doing.

Mr. George Thomson

On 6th June the Governments of Syria, Iraq and Sudan notified Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of a severance of diplomatic relations. The reason adduced was, in essence, the allegation that British military aircraft had participated on the side of Israel in the hostilities which broke out on 5th June, an allegation which, as the House knows, is totally false.