HC Deb 07 June 1961 vol 641 c97W
Mr. Paget

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty why the commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic station was in H.M.S. "Leopard" for her recent visit to Angola; and whether this admiral had any official talks with the naval and military authorities in Angola.

Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing

The Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America was returning in this ship to Simonstown from Freetown where he had represented the Admiralty at the celebrations of Sierra Leone's independence. The Commander-in-Chief paid courtesy calls on the Portuguese naval authorities.

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