HC Deb 20 October 1982 vol 29 cc165-6W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he received a request from the then Argentine naval attaché in London to visit the Royal Marines training establishment at Lympstone in Devon; and on what date the visit actually took place.

Mr. Wiggin

The Argentine naval attaché was invited together with 24 other Foreign and Commonwealth naval attaches to visit the Royal Marines training centre at Lympstone as part of a normal programme of visits arranged for naval attachés in this country. The invitation was issued on 2 April 1981, and the visit, which was attended by the Argentine assistant naval attaché, took place on 28 May 1981.