§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what inquiries have been made by Her Majesty's Government, on what dates, and with what results about the case of Dr. Douglas Gillie Whitehead, born at Berwick-on-Tweed and his brother Deryck Gillie Whitehead, an electrical engineer, both United Kingdom citizens, whose disappearance on the same day in September 1976 from their respective homes in Buenos Aires was reported to the British embassy shortly afterwards.
§ Mr. OnslowThe next of kin in Argentina of Dr. Douglas Gillie Whitehead and his brother Deryck Gillie Whitehead, who is not a British subject, have hitherto requested that no publicity should be given to this case. We will seek to establish whether this is still their view, although, in present circumstances, there will be difficulties in doing so. I will in any event write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.