HC Deb 22 July 1976 vol 915 cc566-7W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will investigate evidence that Rhodesian army representatives are approaching British Service men in Northern Ireland and offering to buy them out of the Forces if they will serve as mercenaries or in the forces in Rhodesia.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

As my right hon. Friend said in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Moonman) on 20th July—[Official Report, Vol. 915, c. 421]—nothing has been found to suggest that personnel have left the Services with the specific aim of joining the Rhodesian forces. I have received my hon. Friend's letter of 20th July, and will write to him as soon as possible.

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