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cost of the new capital at Caberones. This is still operative.-[Vol. 776, c. 222.]
Mr. Judd: Does my hon. Friend not agree that the full cost of the transfer of the administrative capital from Mafeking to Gaberones has not yet been covered? Is not there a way of making sure that this extra financial asset can be added to our grant to the Botswana Government, since the need to transfer the administra- tive capital results from our administer ing Botswana from inside South Africa for many years?
Mr. Foley: This stems from an agree- ment made in 1963 with the Government of the Bechuanaland Protectorate. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Over- seas Development has indicated that the proceeds of the sale of this land would be treated as additional Botswana revenue which would be taken into account in determining the deficit on the Botswana budget.
Malaysia (Supply' of Arms)
26. Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has re- ceived from the United States Govern- ment about the supply to Malaysia of advanced supersonic aircraft and military equipment.
Mr. M. Stewart: I have received no formal representations, but there have been informal, confidential discussions with the United States officials about regional security matters in view of our common interests in the stability of the South-East Asian area.
Mr. Dalyeļ : Do I take it that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary desires these negotiations to be kept confidential?
Mr. Stewart: Yes.
Sir A. V. Harvey: When he arrives will the Government make it clear to Mr. Nixon that if Britain proposes to supply British aircraft to Malaysia it is Britain's business and not America's?
Mr. Stewart : I will repeat what I said namely, that the United States and our selves have a common interest in the stability of South-East Asia.
Mr. Braine: Is it not unfortunate that this row over aircraft should be taking
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place before the Five Power conference, which was scheduled to take place in whether the British spokesman in Kuala May? Can the right hon. Gentleman say Lumpur last Thursday was correct in his
statement that this Five Power conference was being delayed? If so, what are the reasons?
Mr. Stewart; That takes the question a little wider but the Five Power talks will go on. The agenda has not yet been drawn up. As to the supply of air- craft we have made proposals which are designed to meet Malaysia's require. ments for effective air defence.
Hong Kong (Prisoners)
31. Mr. Frank Allaun asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the practice of locking-in in the Hong Kong prisons; for what periods prisoners are subjected to this treatment; and how many of those detained following the demonstrations of 1967 are at present undergoing this treatment.
Mr. Goronwy Roberts: I assume that my hon. Friend has in mind those occa- sions when prisoners have refused to work and have of necessity been confined to their cells, except during exercise periods. Such confinement has ceased as soon as they have agreed to work. No prisoners are confined to their cells in this manner at present.
Mr. Allaun: Is it not correct that the Hong Kong regulations confine this practice to a maximum of three months, whereas some prisoners have been in confinement for eight months?
Mr. Roberts: There are no prisoners in that condition at the moment, and I know of none who have been in that condition for as long as my hon. Friend has suggested. However, I shall check this point and let him know if there is anything in it.
Sir A. V. Harvey: Should not we turn our attention to what is going on in Chinese prisons? Only yesterday we read about a British sea captain who had been imprisoned, and two yachtsmen were arrested yesterday. So it goes on almost daily. What are the Government doing about it?
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