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Oral Answers to Questions — Japanese Phosphate Industry, Angaur Island

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 July 1947.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Reid Mr Thomas Reid , Swindon 12:00, 14 July 1947

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if the Far Eastern Commission sanctioned the scheme allowing the Japanese to develop a phosphate industry at Angaur Island in the Palau Group, near New Guinea; and if the Australian or British Government representatives objected to this scheme.

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