§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement giving details of the names and status of those British officials or other intermediaries who at the request of Her Majesty's Government have had discussions with any member or representative of the illegal Smith regime in Rhodesia during the past six months; and the dates on which such discussions took place.
§ Mr. KershawThere have been no such discussions. As my right hon. Friend214W said on 22nd March in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Chigwell (Mr. Biggs-Davison) the British Ambassador and Mr. Smith's representative in South Africa have simply acted as a channel for communications.—[Vol. 814, c. 17.]