HC Deb 10 March 1967 vol 742 cc360-1W
Mr. Sandys

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the political groups in Aden has declared its intention to organise strikes, disorders or demonstrations when the United Nations Mission arrives.

Mr. George Thomson

The Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY).

Mr. Sandys

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the information he has received indicates that terrorist activities in Aden are being organised with financial and other assistance from Egypt and that the Egyptian-controlled radios from Cairo and from the Yemen are inciting the population of Aden to violence and disorder.

Mr. George Thomson

My information indicates beyond doubt that terrorist activities in Aden are organised and financed by Egypt. The radio stations in Cairo and the Yemen incite violence in Aden and the rest of the Federation daily.

Mr. Sandys

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen has been concerned with the organisation of disorder or violence in Aden; and to what extent the Front is financed from Egypt.

Mr. George Thomson

The Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen is responsible, together with the other main terrorist organisation, the National Liberation Front, for organising and carrying out acts of violence and terrorism in Aden. Both organisations have received large-scale financial and material support from the United Arab Republic whose forces in Egyptian-occupied Yemen openly assist in such matters as training and equipping of terrorists. Egyptian-controlled radios in Cairo, Sana'a and Taiz not only incite violence in Aden every day but have recently taken part in directing strikes and disturbances there.