– in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 23 Mawrth 1964.
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Rowley Regis and Tipton
12:00,
23 Mawrth 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he has made to the recent official protest made by President Sukarno that he has in his possession documents of Her Majesty's Government establishing that Her Majesty's Government sought to subvert the Government of Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
There has been no official protest, but a broadcast speech by President Sukarno on 15th February contains the allegation that the President possessed documentary evidence of a British plan to encircle and undermine Indonesia. No such plan has ever existed and the Indonesians could consequently not have obtained any such documents from their attack on the Embassy on 18th September, 1963.
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Rowley Regis and Tipton
Has any demand been made to President Sukarno to hand over these purloined documents or, alternatively, to hand over facsimile copies of them so that the true facts may be established?
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
I do not think that any such action is likely to be successful.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
