HC Deb 28 November 1955 vol 546 c166W
73. Mr. W. Yates

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the strength of Her Majesty's Embassy and military mission in Libya.

Mr. Turton

The strength of Her Majesty's Embassy in Libya, apart from locally-engaged staff, is thirty officers appointed from the United Kingdom, of whom twenty are resident in Tripoli and ten in Benghazi The Military Mission at Benghazi, which is administered by the War Office, consists of seven officers and twelve other ranks.