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Part of Orders of the Day — Defence (Navy) Estimates, 1964–65 – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 March 1964.

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Photo of Mr Edward Mallalieu Mr Edward Mallalieu , Brigg 12:00, 2 March 1964

I will certainly try to do so, Sir Robert. Indeed, before you took the Chair I was in process of doing so. We have a naval deterrent and I was pointing out that, although the Americans had such a deterrent in the Cuba crisis, they did not win by it—for there was nuclear stalemate between Russia and the United States—but won because they had local superiority in conventional weapons.