ton, asked in the House of Commons yesterday "if the British Government would be prepared to enter into negotiations with the United States Government for the latter's use, by lease or otherwise, of a portion of the Singapore Naval Dock."
Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, replied that "facilities for the docking and repairing of foreign warships on a repayment basis in British naval dockyards are a normal practice, subject to our requirements not being thereby prejudiced."
Mr. Mander then asked that if any suggestion on the lines indicated in the question was advanced by the United States, it would be carefully considered.
Mr, Shakespeare: "I think I have Said as much Reuter.
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