No Abandonment of Malta
STRENGTHENING OF DEFENCES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 17. Invited at question time in the House of Commons to make a statement regarding the future of the British naval base at Malta, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare, said:— “I am glad of an opportunity of contradicting rumours whieh 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 tho Mediterranean and the headquarters of the Mediterranean Fleet.”
To a supplementary question as to the security of the base, Sir Samuel replied: “I would never say I was fully satisfied with any defence position, but I would state categorically that as we have no intention whatever of evacuating Malta wo shall certainly take every practicable means to make its defence adequate for possible attack.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 1423, 19 June 1936, Page 7
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154No Abandonment of Malta Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 1423, 19 June 1936, Page 7
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