HC Deb 15 October 1968 vol 770 c103W
Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a further statement on the future of the Falkland Islands.

Mr. Mulley

Her Majesty's Government have continued their talks with Argentine representatives in accordance with the policy which my right hon. Friend explained to the House on the 27th of March and the 1st of April.

Following the publication in the British Press of inaccurate reports about Her Majesty's Government's policy in these talks a Foreign Office statement in the following terms was issued while the House was in Recess: "It is not the policy of Her Majesty's Government to transfer sovereignty over these Islands against the wishes of the Islanders."—[Vol. 761, c. 1458–67; Vol. 762, c. 3–5.]