§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what instructions were given to Her Majesty's Ambassador in Lisbon regarding the membership of the Royal British Club by Rhodesian diplomats or Rhodesian residents in Lisbon.
§ Mr. MulleyInstructions to Her Majesty's Representatives are confidential. There are no Rhodesian diplomats in Lisbon. I understand however that through some misunderstanding two members of the so-called "Mission" of the illegal régime had been admitted to membership of the Club. When this was discovered the Club decided that, in order to avoid embarrassment arising out of the fact that the Club enjoys Royal Patronage and that Her Majesty's Ambassador isex-officio President, these two gentlemen should be provisionally suspended from membership.