HC Deb 26 June 1956 vol 555 c37W
89. Mr. Fenner Brockway

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will publish in a White Paper the terms of agreements reached between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of Ceylon prior to the recent general election regarding the occupation of the naval base at Trincomalee, the air base at Katunayake, the retention of British troops and internal security.

Commander Noble

The Defence Agreement between the United Kingdom and Ceylon was published in 1947 in Cmd. Paper 7257. There are no other agreements.