HC Deb 10 July 1973 vol 859 cc334-5W
Mr. Soref

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what efforts were made during the visit to London of Mr. Herbert Chitepo, the head of Zanu, to discover the whereabouts of Mr. Gerald Hawkesworth, a British subject who is a prisoner of Zanu, believed to be in Tanzania.

Mr. Anthony Royle

Since Mr. Hawkesworth's abduction we have continued to make inquiries of Governments of countries neighbouring Rhodesia. We have not approached Mr. Chitepo. We do not consider that it would be in Mr. Hawkesworth's best interests to do so.