HC Deb 30 March 1949 vol 463 cc1222-3
76. Mr. Piratin

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he has given to the request of the Transjordan Government that British troops should patrol the frontier of Transjordan from Aqaba to the Dead Sea; and what action he proposes to take.

The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Mayhew)

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for West Leicester (Mr. Janner) on 28th March.

Mr. Piratin

Can the Minister say whether there is any truth in the statement that the Transjordan Government did not request our Government to send troops there? Can he make a statement on that matter?

Mr. Mayhew

They made a request to us in the terms which I described in the answer to which I have referred.