Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has made any formal reply to criticisms of United Kingdom policy on involvement in nuclear disarmament negotiations by the Soviet Foreign Minister and Deputy Foreign Ministerat the United Nations third special session on disarmament on 8 June.
§ Mr. EggarNo formal response has been made to the speech by Mr. Shevardnadze. As the Government of the Soviet Union know, we strongly support the IN F agreement and the goal of an agreement to reduce the strategic nuclear weapons of the superpowers by 50 per cent.