Referring to reports that Great Britain is contemplating the sale of certain islands in the Carribean, it is stated in authoritative quarters here that it is quite untrue to suggest this, nor is it likely that there will be a deal over these islands, says Reuter Diplomatic Correspondent, On the other hand, proposals for leases for air bases, if they were made by the United States' Government, would. be received with sympathy by the British Government, but it would be quite wrong to associate such proposals with the question of the purchase of United States' destroyers, it Is added.—Reuter.
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