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Conditions For Bases INZ. Press Assn.—Copyright) CANBERRA, June 26. The British Foreign Secretary, Mr M. Stewart, said today that reduction of British forces in Malaysia when confrontation ends “will certainly not presage an abandonment of our peace-keep-ing role in South-east Asia.”
Listing the principles governing Britain’s policy outside Europe, he said: “Our whole defence posture is based on the fact that we cannot and should not undertake major operations of war except collectively, either under or\ for the United Nations, or with our allies.” The second principle was that “obligations to defend a country can only be accepted if that country is prepared to grant facilities to make assistance effective it time.”
Finally, Britain “will not attempt to maintain bases in an independent country against the wishes of that country.” Mr Stewart said that Britain intended to maintain its bases in Malaysia and Singapore as long as it was welcome on acceptable conditions, but “we cannot be sure how long we shall be welcome.”
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31096, 27 June 1966, Page 13
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