§ 50. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further developments have taken place in respect of the South Arabian Federation; if frontier conditions are now quiet; and whether the present Yemen Government have made any approaches respecting frontier demarcation.
§ Mr. SandysTwo further States, Shaib and Haushabi, acceded to the Federation on 30th March, and a common market, embracing the whole Federation, and the Alawi Sheikhdom, came into being on 1st April, 1963. The frontier with the Yemen has been quiet in recent weeks, apart from two or three minor exchanges of fire, mainly by night. The Republican authorities have made no approaches to Her Majesty's Government of the kind mentioned.