§ 89. Mr. Beswickasked the Minister of Defence whether the Corporal rockets to be installed at Dortmund Airport by British unit are to have nuclear warheads.
§ Mr. SandysCorporal is a mobile weapon designed to fire a nuclear warhead. A British unit, equipped with this weapon, is to be based on an airfield near Dortmund. In an emergency, it would move forward to its operational position 53W many miles away. The nuclear warheads will be held in a N.A.T.O. stockpile and issued to the unit in emergency on the instructions of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe.