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Bahamas (Guided-Missiles Range)

Volume 465: debated on Wednesday 25 May 1949

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66.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how long negotiations have been in progress with the United States Government for the establishment of guided-missile checking stations in the Bahamas; in accordance with which provision and of which treaty is this project to be carried out; what is the present position with regard to the negotiations; and whether he will give an assurance that British sovereignty in the Bahamas is in no way being violated.

Negotiations have been in progress since the spring of 1948 between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the Government of the United States, and the Government of the Bahamas, for the establishment of a range for testing guided missiles in the neighbourhood of the Bahamas. These negotiations are not yet completed. British sovereignty in the Bahamas is in no way violated by the proposed agreement.