HC Deb 20 June 1967 vol 748 c245W
106. Rear-Admiral Morgan Giles

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will offer salvage ships of the Royal Navy to assist in the clearance of the Suez Canal to release the British merchant ships from the Great Bitter Lakes.

Mr. William Rodgers

Before considering this and other possibilities we need more information on the position in the Suez Canal and the intentions of the United Arab Republic Government. We are trying to obtain this.

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