– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 June 1964.
Mr Emrys Hughes
, South Ayrshire
12:00,
15 June 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by whom Her Majesty's Government were represented at the opening of the Aswan dam.
Mr Peter Thomas
, Conway
Her Majesty's Ambassador.
Mr Emrys Hughes
, South Ayrshire
Did Her Majesty's Ambassador attend in sackcloth and ashes, and has he sent any official report about the celebrations? Further, is it not quite obvious now that Her Majesty's Government's policy at Suez, far from helping to destroy Communism in that part of the world, led to Mr. Khrushchev opening the Aswan dam?
Mr Peter Thomas
, Conway
Her Majesty's Ambassador went there with great interest and he was delighted to accept the invitation, which was sent to him as it was sent to all the other heads of diplomatic missions in Cairo.
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.
