§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government have decided to send official observers to the Nicaraguan elections.
§ Mr. RentonWe seriously considered sending official observers to the elections in Nicaragua, as we did in El Salvador but have decided against doing so. We have concluded that there will be no genuine contest now that the two main opposition groups, the Coordinadora and the Independent Liberal Party, have withdrawn on the grounds that conditions for a free and fair poll do not exist.