§ 68. Mr. CHARLES WHITEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the terms of the concession granted by the Turkish Government to the Turkish Petroleum 1961 Company provided for the purchase outright of the exploitation rights in the oil of Mosul and Baghdad or for the payment of a sum year by year by way of royalty?
§ Mr. KELLAWAY (Secretary, Department of Overseas Trade)I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Mid-Stafford on 5th July.
§ Mr. WHITEThat reply said nothing. Cannot the right hon. Gentleman give us something more—some facts?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYI have the reply here. It seems to me to contain a good deal.
§ 69. Mr. C. WHITEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether any director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company is also a director of the Turkish Petroleum Company?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYNo, Sir!