HC Deb 16 March 1965 vol 708 cc249-50W
Mr. J. Amery

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on how many occasions the Egyptian or Yemeni Republican air forces have violated the air space of the South Arabian Federation in the present month; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Greenwood

So far this month Federal air space has been violated on two occasions by aircraft from the Yemen. On 5th March a MIG fighter with unidentified markings flew over Federal territory in the course of operations against Yemeni Royalist forces near the Federal frontier. A similar infringement by two unidentified MIG aircraft occurred on the 9th March.