§ 44. Mr. Hannahasked the Prime Minister whether he will give an undertaking that, in leasing naval stations to the United States of America, His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom will treat with the utmost consideration the wishes of the Colonies concerned?
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Mr. Attlee)Yes, Sir.
§ 45. Mr. Hannahasked the Prime Minister whether he will make it clear that, in arranging leases of naval stations, it is our wish to establish the closest and most permanent co-operation between the United States of America and the nations of the British Empire?
§ Mr. AttleeI feel sure that the terms of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's recent statement sufficiently indicated the importance of the agreement in these respects.