DEFENCES OF MALTA
MAINTENANCE BY BRITAIN (British Official Wirelessi RUGBY, Dec. 2 (Received Dec 3, at 5.5 p.m.) The Colonial Secretary (Mr W. G. Ormsby-Gore) referred at question time to reports in circulation in irresponsible quarters to the effect that the Government did not intend to maintain the defences of Malta These reports, he stated, had no foundation in fact Mr Ormsby Gore added: "The Government has com mitments in Malta both to the Maltese people and to general defence of the Empire. It has no intention of denouncing its commitments."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23055, 4 December 1936, Page 12
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