HC Deb 13 April 1984 vol 58 c397W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the list of officers of the armed forces who attended a reception on 1 July 1983 at South Africa house to mark South Africa Defence Force day.

Mr. Stanley

No. We do not maintain records of which officers attend such receptions.

Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now issue an instruction that no members of Her Majesty's armed forces shall have any official contact with the military attaché section of the South Africa embassy in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Stanley

No. The Government's policy is that we do not co-operate militarily with South Africa; official contacts with the South African armed forces attaché and his staff are conducted within that policy.