§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will arrange for Lieutenant-Commander Alfredo Astiz, presently held as a prisoner of war, to be repatriated to Argentina through Paris rather than Montevideo.
§ Mr. BlakerLieutenant-Commander Astiz is a prisoner of war and is therefore protected by the Third Geneva Convention and he may not be handed over to another Government. The United Kingdom is responsible for him until he has been passed either to the protecting power or to his own Government.