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| 1957, June 7 | |
| An agreement, concluded in Colombo, provided for Ceylon's payment of $50 million to Britain over a five-year period for British bases in Ceylon. The Trincomalee naval base was scheduled for transfer on Oct. 1, and the Katunayaka base, Nov. 1. | 1 |
| July 26 | |
| Negotiations from both the government and from the Federal Party successfully compromised on the language problem by agreeing to the use of both the Tamil and Sinhalese languages. | 2 |
| Sept. 19 | |
| Ceylon and Communist China concluded a five-year trade pact. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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