§ Mr. Blakerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what final arrangements have now been made with the Government of the Maldive Islands about the future of Gan; and whether these arrangements will deny the use of the Gan base to the Russians.
§ Mr. LuardThe airfield on Gan island was handed over to the Maldivian Government on 29th March 1976 on the closure of the RAF station there.e We are discussing with the Maldivian Government the future of the Anglo/Maldivian Agreement of 1965, which grants Her Majesty's Government exclusive use of Gan and which, in the view of tier Majesty's Government, remains in force.