HC Deb 19 February 1969 vol 778 c106W
Rear-Admiral Morgan Giles

asked the Secretary of State for Defence by what date in 1971 British troops will have been withdrawn from east of Suez.

Mr. Healey

By 31st December.

Mr. Marten

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is his estimate of the time it will take to fly troops from the United Kingdom to Fiji to deal with any trouble after British forces have been withdrawn from the Far East.

Mr. Reynolds

It is not the practice to disclose the planned timings of possible operational deployments. In any case these depend on the amount of warning received and the size and nature of the force required.