HC Deb 01 July 1947 vol 439 c146W
Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the foreign countries whose defence, at present, Britain has undertaken by treaty to share.

Mr. Mayhew

This country has treaties or agreements with the following foreign countries, in accordance with the terms of which she might, in certain circumstances, be called upon to come militarily to their assistance: Iraq, Transjordan, Portugal, the Soviet Union, Egypt, Turkey, Poland and France. As regards the last-named, ratifications of the Treaty signed at Dunkirk last March have yet to be exchanged.