Angola (British Subjects)

HC Deb 30 March 1977 vol 929 cc173-4W

30. Mr. Maulding

asked the Secretary of state for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has recently made to the authorities in Angola about the British subjects imprisoned there for no crime known to international law.

Mr. Rowlands

In the absence of diplomatic relations, none. But we have made representations about their welfare to the Angolan Mission at the United Nations, and to a senior official of the Angolan Ministry of External Affairs who was in London recently. We are also utilising other avenues of communication.