HC Deb 23 April 1952 vol 499 c24W
51. Mr. Wyatt

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on the payment of the first instalment, due on 1st April, 1952, of the Burma debt to Britain.

Sir A. Salter

As I informed the hon. Member for Swindon (Mr. T. Reid) on 21st April, the Burma Government recently requested Her Majesty's Government to agree to the postponement of this instalment. We have asked the Burma Government to reconsider this request.