HC Deb 13 April 1984 vol 58 c469W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now withdraw British military attaches from South Africa and take steps to terminate the arrangement whereby the South African embassy in London has a military attaché section.

Mr. Rifkind

No. We have defence attaches based in many countries, under customary reciprocal arrangements, where we judge it to be in our interests to do so, whether or not we have military co-operation with them.