BRITISH NAVAL BASE IN MEDITERRANEAN
MALTA NOT TO BE ABANDONED
(BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.)
RUGBY, June 17,
Invited in the House of Commons at question time to make a statement on the future of the British Naval base at Malta, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Samuel Hoare) said:
“I am glad of the opportunity of contradicting the rumours, which have received some publicity, that Malta is to be abandoned as a naval base. The -Board of the Admiralty has no intention of discontinuing the use of Malta as the principal naval base in the Mediterranean and the headquarters of the Mediterranean Fleet.”
To a supplementary question as to the security of the base. Sir Samuel Hoare replied: “I would never say that I was fully satisfied with any defence position, but I would state categorically, that as we have no intention whatever of evacuating Malta, we shall certainly take every practicable means to make its defence adequate for a possible attack.”
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21813, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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