HC Deb 03 November 1937 vol 328 c905
15. Lieut.-Commander Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any recent conversations have taken place with Portugal concerning the Defence relations of this country and Portugal?

Viscount Cranborne

Consultations have been, and still are, in progress between my right hon. Friend and the Portuguese Ambassador in London regarding the best means by which a closer contact can be established between the Defence Services of the two countries.

Lieut.-Commander Fletcher

What is the object of effecting this closer contact between these two Defence Services?

Viscount Cranborne

I think that the House as a whole would be very glad to have closer contact with this nation.

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