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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 19 Rhagfyr 1973.

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Photo of Mr Christopher Woodhouse Mr Christopher Woodhouse , Oxford 12:00, 19 Rhagfyr 1973

Does the hon. Gentleman appreciate that nobody outside his Department believes in the fiction that diplomatic recognition does not confer approval? Consequently, does not diplomatic recognition help to reinforce and strengthen revolutionary Governments, and is it not time the Foreign Office devised a more up-to-date doctrine?