§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of the purported establishment of a Republic by the illegal régime in Southern Rhodesia, it is proposed to continue the issue of licences to advertise appointments in Southern Rhodesia for teachers, doctors and nurses.
§ Mr. Foley:As my right hon. Friend said on 2nd March in reply to Questions from the hon. Member for Oswestry (Mr. Biffen) and others,
Members of the public service… who continue to serve a regime which asserts illegally that Southern Rhodesia is a Republic cannot be regarded as serving the Crown in Southern Rhodesia ".—{OFFICIAL REPORT, 2nd March, 1970; Vol. 797, c. 11–13.]In these circumstances it would be illogical to continue to authorise advertisements for appointments in " government " service in Rhodesia. It is not a question of preventing persons who wish, to serve in medical and educational capacities from going to Rhodesia; but it would not be proper for Her Majesty's Government to facilitate the recruitment in this country of persons who would become servants of the rebel regime in those capacities.
It has therefore been decided that no further licences will be granted for the placing of advertisements on behalf of any of the so-called " Ministries " in 174W Southern Rhodesia. However, applications for licences for advertisements on behalf of non-official bodies wishing to recruit persons for employment in the educational, missionary and medical (including nursing) fields in Southern Rhodesia on humanitarian grounds will continue to be considered. Such applications will be looked at individually on their merits.