Question: When did Britain withdraw from the Maldives?
Answer: In January 1968, a few weeks after the devaluation of the pound, Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his Defence Secretary Denis Healey announced that British troops would be withdrawn from major military bases East of Suez, which included the ones in the Middle East, and primarily from Malaysia and Singapore.
A single-select problem: Is the question answered in a satisfactory fashion?

Possible answers:
1). yes
2). no
2).