§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will discuss with the American Government(a) the implications for President Reagan's policy towards Libya of recent West Berlin police discoveries regarding Christina Endrigkeit and (b) the implications of these discoveries for the joint management by the allies of police in West Berlin.
§ Mr. MellorWe are in constant and close contact with the United States authorities as well as the German authorities in Berlin about all aspects of the bombing of La Belle discotheque on 5 April 1986. It is not our practice to comment on cases, such as this, which are still subject to judicial inquiry.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what grounds the allied Kommandatura exercised their right to instruct the Berlin authorities to remove from the western sector persons identified as posing a threat to the population of Berlin in April 1986; how such persons were identified; and whether their names are known to him.
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§ Mr. MellorThe decision referred to was taken for the safety and security of the city. The people concerned were identified as posing a threat on the basis of information available to the allied and German authorities.