HC Deb 15 July 1974 vol 877 c30W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether British and South African naval forces are collaborating in surveillance of Soviet warships using that passage to the Indian ocean, as for example the Soviet helicopter carrier, "Leningrad", which recently transited the Cape in an easterly direction.

Mr. Judd

British naval forces have co-operated with a number of countries, including South Africa, in conducting surveillance of Soviet warships.