HC Deb 19 February 1969 vol 778 c125W
91. Mr. James Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in accordance with the recent recommendation of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, he will consult with the Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries with a view to taking concerted action to stop the supply of arms from European countries which are being supplied to both sides in the Nigerian Civil War from unofficial sources.

Mr. Foley

I understand that a motion on this subject in the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe is to be considered by the Assembly's Political Committee. We shall be better placed subsequently to decide what action, if any, it would be practicable to take on it in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation or elsewhere, but I know of no unauthorised arms supplies from this country to Nigeria.