§ 56. Mr. Graham Whiteasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether the Inter-Departmental Committee on International Air Communications has considered the question of the establishment of a British air service to South America; and whether any decision has been reached in the matter?
§ Sir P. SassoonYes, Sir. As my right hon. Friend the Minister for Co-ordination of Defence intimated on 22nd March last, His Majesty's Government have decided, subject to satisfactory terms being agreed, to select British Airways Limited to operate an experimental service to West Africa and to act as the chosen instrument of the Government for the development of any future subsidised South American service.