§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will list the organisations and individuals arty official visitor from his Department came into contact with on the most recent visit to El Salvador; and if he will give the dates of that visit.
§ Mr. LuceMr. John Ure, Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, accompanied by a First Secretary from our embassy in San José, visited San Salvador from 17–19 November.
During that visit he had contact with President Napoleon Duarte, Foreign Minister Fidel Chavez Mena, Bishop Rivera y Damas and Monsignor Urioste of the Salvadorean Catholic Church, the Minister of Defence and Public Safety, the acting Secretary of the Electoral Commission, the Papal Nuncio, the Italian and United States ambassadors, and a number of other leading personalities from different political parties. He also visited the British teachers at a school in San Salvador. While it was not possible for Mr. Ure to meet FDR/FMLN representatives in El Salvador he has met the FDR spokesman in London and has had detailed talks with others who have had recent experience of living with the guerilla opposition in El Salvador.