HC Deb 13 February 1958 vol 582 c77W
74. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why he approved the establishment of military bases in Tawau, British North Borneo, near the border of Indonesia; how many British and Dutch soldiers are stationed there; under what arrangement Dutch troops are in that area; and what representations from the Indonesian Government have been made to the North Borneo Government or Her Majesty's Government.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

No military bases have been established at Tawau or anywhere else in British North Borneo. There are no British or Dutch soldiers stationed in North Borneo. No representations have been received by Her Majesty's Government nor, so far as I know, by the Government of North Borneo from the Indonesian Government.

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