§ Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Her Majesty's Government intend to recognise North Vietnam
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleOn my right hon. Friend's instructions our embassy at Peking has proposed to the embassy of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam there the holding of talks with a view to the establishment of diplomatic relations. We have thus now recognised the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with their capital at Hanoi, as the Government of a State whose territory lies north of the provisional military demarcation line laid down in the 1954 Geneva Agreements. We continue to recognise the Government of the Republic of Vietnam, with their capital at Saigon, as the only legal Government of South Vietnam, whose territory lies south of that line.