§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government to the Government of Peru concerning Peruvian military assistance to Argentina; whether any response has been received from the Peruvian Government; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. OnslowThe Government have seen some evidence that Peru might have been supplying military assistance to Argentina. We accordingly made representations about this to the Peruvian Government. The Peruvian authorities told our ambassador that they would only provide such assistance if there had been a decision to do so under the Rio treaty. We left the Peruvian Government in no doubt as to how seriously we would regard it if it was confirmed that Peru had been supplying military equipment to Argentina for use against British forces in the Falklands conflict.