MALTA NAVAL RASE
NOT TO BE ABANDONED RUMOURS CONTRADICTED FIRST LORD’S STATEMENT (British Official Wireless) (Received 18th June, 1.37 p.m.) RUGBY, 17th June. Invited in the House of Commons at question time to make a statement regarding the future of the British Naval Base at Malta, Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, said: “I am glad of the opportunity of contradicting rumours which have received some publicity that Malta is to be abandoned as a naval base. The Board of the Admiralty have 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 I am 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 possible attack.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 18 June 1936, Page 7
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165MALTA NAVAL RASE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 18 June 1936, Page 7
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