Defence

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 March 1955.

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Photo of Mr Wilfred Fienburgh Mr Wilfred Fienburgh , Islington North 12:00, 1 March 1955

Is not the basis of my hon. Friend's argument that one can limit the use of nuclear weapons to tactical targets? He is saying, in other words, that we shall drop them on Germany, which may be the infrastructure, the base, of the advancing Russian army. Is not this a wholly nonsensical attitude to adopt, in view of the fact that my hon. Friend is, at the same time, trying to integrate Germany into the Western alliance?