Malta cuts military ties with Britain
<iZPA-Reuter Valletta Malta, once regarded as he premier British naval lase in the Mediterranean, levered its 180-year-old miliBry links with Britain at hidnight on Saturday in a festive atmosphere of fireworks and cheering crowds. The island State embarked festerday on a new era as a leutral, non-aligned country with a promise of unlimited lacking from its oil-rich leighbour. Libya. Thousands cheered and applauded at a ceremony, in
which the British flag was lowered and the Maltese flag hoisted, marking the end of a seven-year agreement that gave Britain the right to station its armed forces on the island. In return Malta received a rent of SI4M. Malta became independent in 1964, and a republic in 1974. The island was awarded the George Cross for its people’s courage in withstanding an onslaught from German and Italian bombers in World War Two.
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Press, 2 April 1979, Page 9
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