HC Deb 14 June 1978 vol 951 c559W
Mr. Dunlop

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in view of the statement by Mr. Chadzingwa that the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front would accept weapons from the IRA, if available, he will cease to have further diplomatic contacts with Mr. Chadzingwa or his organisation.

Mr. Rowlands

My right hon. Friend regards it as important that ZAPU, as one of the major Rhodesian nationalist parties, should be included in negotiations for an overall settlement of the Rhodesia problem.

Mr. Dunlop

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the strength of links between the IRA and the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front.

Mr. Rowlands

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 24th April.—[Vol. 948, c.466.]