from Portuguese correspondent.
Herewith a cutting from the Istest Portuguese and Colonial Bulletin:- "On 14/3/63 an Anglo Portwyicse Parlianentary Group was formed under the chairmanship of Sir Norman Hulbert, Conservative M.P. with Mr. Fede Bellenger, In bour M.P. as vice-president. The objective of this group is the defence in Parliament of Salazar colonialist and Fascist policies, On 16/4/65 the full composition of this group in the new Parliament was announced after a meeting in the House of Commons. Its President is now Mr. F.J. Bellenger, Labour MeP. for Bassetlaw, Vice President is Mr. Patrick Wall, Conservative M.P. for Haltemprice. The Secretary is Mr. Walter H, Aldritt, Labour M.P. for Liverpool (Scotland). The Treasurer is Lord Merrivale, a Conservative. Other members of the Group include Mr. JA. Dunn, Labour M.P. for liverpool (Kirkdale); Mr. Ron ledger, Labour and Co-operative M.P. for Romfords..+. Mr. Albert Robergs, Labour M.P. for Normanton and Mr.W.J. Owen, Labour and Co-operative M.P. for Morpeth.
When Salazars' Foreign Minister, Franco Nogueira, came to London to attend the N.A.T.O. meeting last May, he was able, through this group, to visit the British Parliament, and to have talks with other M.P.'s and Members of the House of Lords. A dinner given by Mr. Nogueira in the Portugueseembassy in London was attended by a member of the Labour Cabinet, Mr. Walter Padley, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Labour members of this group are in good company. On May 8th, Mr. Brian Balcom, President if the West Ham Conservative Association, arrived in Lisbon to discuss problems relating to the Fascist International Radio Station 'The Voice of the West!, which broad casts from Portugal. Before he left he praised Salazar's prisons system (P.J. 25/5/65).
Are the members of the Anglo-Portugiese Parliamentary Group not ashamed to undertake the defence of a colonialist, terroristic and Fascist regime inside a democratic parliament? Have they no scruples in shaking hands that are stained with the blood of so many murdered African and Portugese Patriots and still fresh with the blood of General Delgado and his secretary, Mrs Campos?"
I was quite shocked to find the names of so many M.P.'s mixed up in this awful committee, with such people as Biggs Davidsone And the President is even a labour M.Pi Have you any suggestions of how we can try and dissuade these people from taking further part in supporting the Fascist regime of Salazar?
The Labour Government is also going from bad to worse on its attitude towards Portugal. In November they sent an official representative to the dinner of the Anglo Portugese society, that bastion of support for Salazar, made up of British businessmen with interests in Portugal, and now they send Padley to the dinner in honour of one of Salazar's most notorious ministers, who in London complained of the 'lack of freedom' and'tattacks on culture! by the African governments. To cap it all, I watched yesterday Wedgewood Benn, ex-President of the Council for Freedom in Portugal and Colonies, gaily presenting three prizes to the winners of Miss 1965 three wonderful holidays in sunny Portugal. It is all rather sad, but then I suppose that 90% of the history of the latest British Labour Government is rather sal, and only to be expected,