HC Deb 07 December 1955 vol 547 c60W
45. Mr. John Hall

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what effect the recent agreement between the Sierra Leone Government and the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Limited has had on illicit diamond mining.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

An appreciable effect cannot be expected until the agreement has been ratified and arrangements permitting licensed African mining can be put into force.

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