§ Mr. Lathamasked the Lord Privy Seal which countries are known to have upgraded the status of their locally-based office of the Palestine Liberation Organisation to that of a diplomatic mission; and whether he will instruct Her Majesty's ambassadors to those countries, so far as it is within their power and discretion, not to accord any such status or recognition to such Palestine Liberation Organisation representatives there.
§ Mr. HurdAs far as we know the following countries accord either de facto or de jure diplomatic status to the local office of the Palestine Liberation Organisation: Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen Arab Republic, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Angola, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Cuba, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Turkey.
We do not accord diplomatic status to the Palestine Liberation Organisation or its representatives in London or elsewhere. Her Majesty's ambassadors all know our policy on this matter.