§ 66. Mr. N. Macphersonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what communications he has received from the Egyptian Government in regard to the use of Canal Zone airfields by British troops entering or leaving Egypt by air; and what reply he proposes to give.
§ Mr. Ernest DaviesIn July this year the Egyptian Government addressed a Note to His Majesty's Embassy in Alexandria, calling in question the use of airfields situated in the Canal Zone by British troops entering or leaving Egypt. 293W A reply sent to the Egyptian Government on the 21st September, stated that it had been the practice, established over a long period of years, to use Fayid as a normal point of access to Egypt for members of the British Forces in Egypt arriving or departing by air, and that His Majesty's Embassy were fully satisfied that such practice was fully in accord with our rights under the Immunities and Privileges Convention of 1936.