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WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Monday, 6th April, 1970-~
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS
Council of Europe
17. Mr. John Fraser asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs what subjects were dis- cussed at the recent meeting of the Council of Europe.
Mr. George Thomson: The meeting at Strasbourg from 2nd to 6th March was at Ministers' Deputies level. As usual a wide range of subjects was dis- cussed including the Reports of Inter- governmental Expert Committees on, for example, public health and social matters, and the Report of the Commission on Human Rights on the Greek Case.
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N.A.T.O. Foreign Ministers (Meeting)
18. Mr. John Fraser asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs when the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries propose to meet again.
Mr. George Thomson: N.A.T.O. Foreign Ministers will next meet at the Minis-
terial Session of the North Atlantic Council, on 26th and 27th May in Rome.
Rhodesia
20. Mr. Moyle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the countries of the European Economic Community regarding the closure of their consulates in Southern Rhodesia.
Mr. Foley: We made our views on the presence of foreign consulates in Southern Rhodesia known to the Governments concerned.
31. Mr. Biffen asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth 'Affairs if he has now concluded his feasibility study of the proposed com- 'munications sanctions against Rhodesia ;
and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Foley: We have now completed a detailed study of this complex question and have concluded that in present, cir- cumstances a communications ban would be neither practicable nor desirable.
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Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he proposes to recommend a successor to Sir Humphrey Gibbs as Governor of Rhodesia.
Mr. Foley: I have nothing to add to the answer my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Dorset, South (Mr. Evelyn King) on 8th December.- [Vol. 793, c. 2.]
Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it was with his approval that the latest United Nations Security Council resolution on Rhodesia, for which the British representative voted, included a description of Rhodesians as the people of Zimbabwe; and what change is contemplated in the official
name of Southern Rhodesia.
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Mr. Foley: I attach no special signifi- cance to the use of the phrase people of Zimbabwe" in one paragraph of the Security Council Resolution in question, which we were not responsible for drafting. The Resolution otherwise employs throughout the designation Southern Rhodesia ", which remains the official name of the Colony; and the territory is so described in all official documents, including the letter with which the United Nations Secretary General officially forwarded the Resolu tion to Her Majesty's Government.
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Hong Kong (Free Primary Education)
26. Mr. Rankin asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consult with the Goy- ernment of Hong Kong with a view to introducing free primary education for all children within the ages of six to 11 years; and how many young persons in that age group are not, at present, attend- ing school.
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