HC Deb 11 November 1941 vol 374 c2064W
Mr. Parker

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations have been made to the Portuguese Government on the grant of an air-plane base in Portuguese Timor to the Japanese Government?

Mr. Law

The hon. Member is no doubt referring to the agreement between the Portuguese and Japanese Governments, the text of which was recently published, and which provides not for the grant of an air base but for the establishment of a regular commercial air service between the mandated island of Palao and Portuguese Timor. I am not in a position to make any statement on this subject.