What Did Conference Support?

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Conference endorsed the NEC's statement on foreign policy by a majority of ten to one. Speaking on television, George Brown claimed that this meant Conference had given unqualified support to all the policies of the Government.

This is not true. The policy endorsed by Conference on Vietnam is in advance of the Government's previous position. The job of the NEC ~ which is responsible to Conference, not the Cabinet - is to press the Government to adopt the views expressed by Confererne.

Conference decided that the Government's intention to cut defence expenditure should be supported, but that the pace should be speeded up. The Party has new accepted the target of less than £1,750 m. by 1970. This should be endorsed by the Parliamentary Party and pressed upon the Government.