HC Deb 20 October 1971 vol 823 cc137-8W
Rev. Ian Paisley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has now made or now proposes to make to the Government of Czechoslovakia concern- ing the shipment of four tons of arms and ammunition for the Irish Republican Army from Prague which was seized at Amsterdam on Saturday, 16th October, 1971.

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

As I told the House on 18th October in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Bute and North Ayrshire (Sir F. Maclean), we are in touch with the Government of Czechoslovakia. After we have received and studied all official reports, I shall consider whether a further statement to the House would be advisable.—[Vol. 823, col. 377–9.]