§ 5. Mr. Zilliacusasked the Minister of Defence the provisions in the new Anglo-American agreement granting the consent of Her Majesty's Government in advance to the United States Government to order its bombers and missile bases in this country into action when in the view of the United States of America any member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has been attacked anywhere; how these provisions relate to the United States of America engaging in hostilities in pursuance of its commitments under the Eisenhower Doctrine or of its alliances with the present Governments of South Korea and Formosa; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SandysThere is no such agreement.
§ Mr. ZilliacusIs there no agreement governing the use of missile bases in this country? Is there no understanding as to the circumstances in which the United States is entitled to use its own judgment, in view of Mr. Dulles's statement of 19th December that the United States will not submit to veto powers by any foreign country on measures taken in self-defence by the United States Administration, in its own judgment? How do those measures relate to the control system?
§ Mr. SandysSince the agreement on which the whole of the hon. Member's Question is based does not exist, I suggest that he does not pursue the matter any further.