§ 20. Mr. Moyleasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the countries of the European Economic Community regarding the closure of their consulates in Southern Rhodesia.
§ Mr. FoleyWe made our views on the presence of foreign consulates in Southern Rhodesia known to the Governments concerned.
§ 31. Mr. Biffenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has now concluded his feasibility study of the proposed communications sanctions against Rhodesia; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. FoleyWe have now completed a detailed study of this complex question and have concluded that in present circumstances a communications ban would be neither practicable nor desirable.
§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he proposes to recommend a successor to Sir Humphrey Gibbs as Governor of Rhodesia.
§ Mr. FoleyI have nothing to add to the answer my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Dorset, South (Mr. Evelyn King) on 8th December.—[Vol. 793, c. 2.]
§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it was with his approval that the latest United Nations Security Council resolution on Rhodesia, for which the British representative voted, included a description of Rhodesians as the people of Zimbabwe; and what change is contemplated in the official name of Southern Rhodesia.
§ Mr. FoleyI attach no special significance to the use of the phrase "the people of Zimbabwe" in one paragraph of the Security Council Resolution in question, which we were not responsible for drafting. The Resolution otherwise employs throughout the designation "Southern Rhodesia", which remains the official name of the Colony; and the territory is so described in all official documents, including the letter with which the United Nations Secretary General officially forwarded the Resolution to Her Majesty's Government.