§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now impose an embargo on British arms to Nigeria with a view to implementing the peace plan recently put forward by Dr. Azikiwe.
§ Mr. FoleyNo. Dr. Azikiwe has proposed a total arms embargo as one element in a phased plan for peace, not an immediate unilateral embargo by the United Kingdom. We have already made plain our willingness to co-operate in any agreement by which the two sides, as part of a negotiated ceasefire, undertook not to receive further arms.