HC Deb 27 November 1972 vol 847 cc14-5W
60. Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when, in view of the statement of French policy made by M. Pierre Messmer last May, he expects to make a similar statement on British policy for the New Hebrides.

Mr. Kershaw

As I told the South Pacific Conference in Western Samoa in September, the New Hebrideans have the right that their hopes and their problems shall be considered not only in economic, not only in social, but also in constitutional and political terms. We are discussing these matters with the French Government. I have nothing to add to this at present.

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