§ 12. Mr. PURBRICKasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the Turkish Government's statement that recent happenings have made the Straits Convention signed at Lausanne in 1923 no longer an effective guarantee of Turkish security, he will state whether any grounds exist for the fear that any foreign country contemplated invading Turkish territory?
§ Mr. EDENThe Turkish Government based their request for a revision of certain portions of the Straits Convention on changed political and military circumstances. I am not in a position to amplify their statement.