Earl of Dalkeithasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what payments have been made for the benefit of the Turkish community in Cyprus under the arrangements relating to financial assistance to the community contained in the Treaties and Exchange of Notes on the Independence of Cyprus, Command Paper No. 1093.
§ Mr. AlportA payment of £500,000 was made by the Colonial Office before Independence for the purposes defined in the Exchange of Notes. A further amount of £500,000 was paid by the Commonwealth Relations Office on 28th September, 1960, to the Turkish Communal Chamber to be utilised at their request for the development of cooperatives in Cyprus which is regarded as falling within the purposes for which assistance was promised. The House will be asked in due course to vote the necessary Supplementary Estimates. In the meantime advances to cover these payments have been obtained from the Civil Contingencies Fund.