§ Q5. Mr. Zilliacusasked the Prime Minister what were the special measures he instructed the competent Ministers to take, for putting the Government's civil defence policy in a state of readiness, at the height of the Cuban crisis last October.
§ The Prime MinisterNone, Sir.
§ Mr. ZilliacusIs it not within the recollection of the Prime Minister that he took special measures to put rockets and V-bombers in a special state of readiness at the time? Does not the Government civil defence policy purport to evacuate 12 million people between the announcement of a state of crisis and the four-minute warning? Has that policy now been quietly dropped as being a complete bluff?
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir.