§ 42. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what approaches have been made to Rhodesia so as to relieve hardship due to the freezing of assets and withholding of dividends to bondholders as a result of sanctions.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeNone, but an approach is, in my view, unlikely to succeed in present circumstances.
§ 64. Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the action by the illegal réime in Rhodesia in expelling Guy Clutton-Brock, with particular reference to the five principles and the proposed negotiations between the British Government and the illegal régime.
§ 71. Mr. Oramasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he has taken in protest against the arrest by Rhodesian police of Mr. Mutasa, the Chairman of the multi-racial Cold Comfort Farm Co-operative Society in Rhodesia, and the subsequent closure of that society.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeThe purpose as I understand it of Cold Comfort Farm was to give a practical demonstration of multi-racial co-operation. On the face of it the régime's actions against Mr. Mutasa and Mr. Clutton-Brock and the proclamation declaring the Cold Com-10W fort Farm Society to be an unlawful organisation are likely further to undermine such co-operation. I naturally regret any such developments, but we have no power on the ground to take effective action in cases of this kind. These developments underline the need to establish whether a settlement within the Five Principles is possible.