HC Deb 22 July 1976 vol 915 cc568-9W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if, in view of the facts that lectures have been given to Army officers at the Royal Military College of Science by the Institute for the Study of Conflict and that the institute has close contact with the Rhodesian and South African secret services, he will prohibit any further lectures from that body.

Mr. Mason

Lecturers from academic bodies such as the Institute for the Study of Conflict provide a normal part of the courses arranged by the Royal Military College of Science.

Miss Maynard

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is aware that the Institute for the Study of Conflict has been giving lectures on subversion to the Royal Military College of Science, the Army Staff College at Camberley, the 23rd Territorial SAS and the Defence College at Latimer; how the relationship between ISC and the Armed Forces came to be established; and what steps have been taken to terminate it.

Mr. Mason

All Service colleges subscribe to a wide variety of publications, including those on relevant subjects produced by the Institute for the Study of Conflict since it was set up in 1970. The Royal Military College of Science and the 23rd SAS (Territorials) have drawn upon the ISC, as upon other academic bodies, for lectures on subjects which are properly part of their normal courses and seminars.