§ 54. Mr. R. Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the facts that the United States Government propose to test Polaris missiles in the Antarctic, and that this would be a violation of the agreement of 1959 signed by Britain and America to ban the testing of nuclear devices in the Antarctic Ocean and of the International Agreement on the Testing of Nuclear Weapons of 1962, what consultations he had on the subject with the United States Government on his recent visit to America; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI am informed by the United States authorities that there have been no Polaris firings in the Antarctic and none are contemplated. There is no reason to suppose that the United States authorities would consider such firings, and therefore there was no discussion of this subject during our visit to Washington.