HC Deb 26 November 1956 vol 561 cc4-5W
32. Mr. G. Jeger

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the result of the negotiations on the new status of the former International Zone of Tangier.

Mr. Dodds-Parker

The Conference arranged by the Moroccan Government to decide the future status of Tangier concluded its proceedings on 29th October by the signature of an instrument transferring full administrative responsibility for the zone to His Majesty The Sultan of Morocco, its legal sovereign.

The instrument will be published shortly as a White Paper.

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