§ 17. Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is intended to continue to station British troops in the British Cameroons now that the plebiscite is over and the territory is to be divided between Nigeria and the Cameroon Republic.
§ The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Iain Macleod)As I stated in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Mr. Tilney) on 7th February, the British troops now in the Southern Cameroons will be withdrawn when United Kingdom trusteeship over the territory comes to an end.
§ Mr. TilneyWhen will that be?
§ Mr. MacleodThe date fixed for it by the United Nations is 1st October, 1961.