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Mr. Newens
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what military works were scheduled to be carried out on Diego Garcia to convert it from a communications centre into a naval and air base under agreements made between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States of America in December 1970; and what further works have been agreed since that date.
Mr. Mason
In December 1970 Her Majesty's Government announced their agreement to the construction by the United States Government of a limited naval communications facility on Diego Garcia. I have described the existing facilities and the proposed expansion in the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for West Lothian (Mr. Dalyell) on 6th August.—[Vol. 897, c. 204–5.]