§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Chilean armed forces, by rank and service, are due to receive training in the United Kingdom between 1st January and 31st December 1976 at (a) Ministry of Defence establishments and (b) publicly-owned establishments.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Chilean armed forces, by rank and service, were under training on 1st January 1976 in the United Kingdom, at (a) Ministry of Defence establishments and (b) publicly-owned establishments.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is normally consulted or has to approve the admission of serving members of the armed forces of foreign Powers to the United Kingdom for training purposes; whether he did so in the case of Comandante Juan Corda and Sergeant Hernan Miranda Ampuero of the Chilean Air Force 7th Group based at Cerrillos, Santiago; and, if so, on what 157W date and for what period approval was given.
§ Mr. MasonRequests for serving members of the armed forces of foreign Powers to attend Service training courses in the United Kingdom are considered in the light of the vacancies available and of the political, defence, sales and other relevant factors. I assume that the second half of the Question refers to Colonel Juan Cerda who was Air Attaché at the Chilean Embassy in London from November 1973 to November 1975 and to a member of his staff.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement about his present and future policy in relation to the training of serving members of the Chilean armed forces at establishments in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MasonTraining for serving members of the Chilean armed forces arranged by my Department is limited to that deriving from naval sales contracts negotiated some years ago.