§ 19. Major-General Sir Edward Spearsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Syrian and Lebanese Governments have now been supplied, against repayment, with the automatic weapons and reconnaissance cars needed for the equipment of their gendarmeries.
§ Mr. EdenI have nothing to add to the reply which I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend on 24th January.
§ Sir E. SpearsMy right hon. Friend said on 24th January that it was desirable that the States should be equipped, 1807 can he say why they have not yet been allowed to purchase this equipment?
§ Mr. EdenWhat I said was that the matter was being discussed by the French and Syrian Governments and that we were in friendly touch with both. That situation still continues, with a definite improvement I think, because relations between the Syrian and French Governments have, fortunately, improved.