76. Air Commodore Harveyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what safeguards and precautions were taken to guard civil aircraft at Nicosia Airport up to and including Sunday, 4th March, 1956.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe R.A.F. area at Nicosia Airport, which contains the civil airport, had been declared a protected area and was under military guard. Admittance to this area was by special pass and the civil airport, within the protected area, was under its own military guard and had its own pass system. There were also controls operated by the Customs and Immigration authorities. All baggage and persons entering the terminal buildings and aircraft parking area were subject to rigorous examination and search.