Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Minister of Overseas Development what reply he will make to the report from Mr. Leslie Kirkley, head of the Disasters Emergency Committee, following his recent visit to North Vietnam; and whether the report conveyed a request from the North Vietnam authorities for aid.
§ Mr. PrenticeMr. Kirkley gave me an oral report on his visit and told me that North Vietnam officials had expressed interest in aid. We have since informed the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam that we should be willing to consider sympathetically a request for technical assistance for English language teaching.