A locking lever control arrangement on a vehicle door having a latch mechanism with a locking lever which automatically returns from an unlocked to a locked position upon closing movement of the door includes a three position internal control member on the door inner panel, a two position external control member on the door outer panel, a bellcrank, a blocking member and draft links connecting the internal control member to the bellcrank, the bellcrank to the locking lever and the bellcrank to the blocking member. The external control member is operable to move the locking lever from locked to unlocked position and the internal control member is operable upon movement to one position to rotate the blocking member to a blocking position preventing movement of the external control lever and upon movement to another position to move the locking lever from locked to unlocked position, and the locking lever is operable upon automatic movement from the unlocked to the locked position to move the internal control member to the third of the three positions thereof.