HC Deb 15 December 1944 vol 406 cc1470-1W
Mr. Barstow

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement, 1942, has terminated, the Ethiopian railway, which, for the period of the Agreement only, was placed under British military control, has now been restored to Ethiopian control; and whether British troops have vacated the reserved areas which they occupied under the 1942 agreement.

Mr. George Hall

No, Sir. In view of the negotiations now in progress the Ethiopian Government have agreed to maintain thestatus quo for a further period which has not yet expired.