Defence

Part of Civil Estimates, 1960–61 – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 July 1960.

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Photo of Mr Harold Watkinson Mr Harold Watkinson , Woking 12:00, 20 July 1960

I will put it on the record with pleasure. I have no wish to disturb the very close relations which exist between the Government and the United States Government or between myself and the United States Secretary of Defence. I therefore want to make it quite plain, as I have made it plain several times before, that I was not authorised when I left this country to make any bids or offers for Polaris missiles, in or out of submarines. I did not make any and therefore I was not refused, and I do not believe that the possibility of refusal existed.