HC Deb 19 July 1978 vol 954 c242W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the interview between British officials in Angola and the imprisoned British mercenaries; and when he expects these men will be released.

Mr. Rowlands

The seven British prisoners in Angola were visited on 12th July by Mr. Mervyn Brown, Minister to the United Kingdom Mission to tile United Nations and Mr. John Flynn, our Chargé d'Affaires in Angola. The men whom they saw individually appeared in general to be healthy. They were being adequately fed. In view of the long sentences these men received it would be premature to speculate at this stage on their release.