Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 June 1964.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
, Kinross and West Perthshire
12:00,
23 June 1964
There is no need to explain to the Chinese. The Chinese are in process of acquiring a nuclear weapon at some time—I do not know when. But we have now reached the point where there is, I think, a nuclear power that each side recognises could do unacceptable damage to the other. The sensible thing then is to get together at Geneva to try to strike a balance which is agreed.