§ 62. Mr. John Hallasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what success has attended the expulsion of strangers from the mining areas of Sierra Leone.
§ Mr. ProfumoThe operation was outstandingly successful. At least 45,000 so-called native foreigners have left the Kono area, removing the growing threat to health and security there. It should now be possible to complete the licensing of mining by Sierra Leoneans and to begin the necessary economic and social development of the diamond areas.