Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 February 1963.
Mr William Warbey
, Ashfield
12:00,
28 February 1963
asked the Prime Minister why, during the Cuban crisis period last October, he ordered the 60 Thor missiles in East Anglia to be held at instant readiness for firing, and the V-bomber force to be held at instant readiness for despatch to targets in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.