HC Deb 20 December 1971 vol 828 cc243-4W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement concerning the protests made to Her Majesty's Gov- ernment by the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen concerning alleged overflights and bombing attacks by the Royal Air Force in the Sixth Governorate of the Republic.

Mr. Godber

The Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen have protested on several occasions about alleged overflights of and bombing attacks on the Sixth Governorate of the Republic by British military aircraft. The latest protest was made on 27th September this year. On this as on previous occasions the allegations were unfounded and the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen was so informed.

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