Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will initiate a conference of Commonwealth representatives to discuss the civil war in Nigeria.
§ Mr. FoleyNo, it would be for the Nigerian Federal Government to approach the Commonwealth Secretary-General if they wished to discuss the civil war at such a conference. It is not for one member of the Commonwealth to initiate a conference to discuss the internal affairs of another. At the present time the Nigerians look primarily to the Organisation of African Unity to promote direct negotiations with a view to a settlement.