“NO H-BOMB DEFENCE”
Churchill Speaks Of Deterrents LONDON, July 15. Sir Winston Churchill said today that there was no defence against the hydrogen bomb, but there were deterrents. If it were certain that the deterrents could be applied they might “possibly bring us out on the right side of the river,” he added. The Prime Minister had been asked in the House of Commons what discussions he might have had with
President Eisenhower about civil defence against thermo-nuclear attack and what arrangements had been made for a continuing exchange, of information on this subject. Mr Emrys Hughes a Labour Leftwing member, asked whether the Prime Minister informed Mr Eisenhower that the real risk to Britain was the presence in the country of American bombs. Sir Winston Churchill replied: “The decision to establish a BritishAmerican base in this country was taken by the Labour administration. I supported it at the time and we loyally carried out the undertakings given.”
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27404, 17 July 1954, Page 7
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