Yes. As a result of the visits, Ministers were enabled to fulfil their responsibilities for the Services more effectively and to participate in discussions with our allies.
| Date |
Minister |
Places Visited |
Purpose of Visit |
Cost |
| 10. 10th-16th Jan. 1965 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Royal Navy |
Gibraltar and Malta |
To visit HM Ships and Establishments |
See note (i) |
| 11. 26th-27th Feb. 1965 |
Secretary of State for Defence |
Paris |
Talks with French Minister of Defence |
See note (i) |
| 12. 10th-l1th March 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Army |
Paris |
To visit SHAPE and to address a meeting of WEU |
See note (i) |
| 13. 24th-28th March 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force |
U.S.A |
For discussions in the Department of Defence |
See note (i) |
| 14. 8th-10th April 1965 |
Secretary of State for Defence |
Germany |
Talks with German Minister of Defence and visit BAOR |
See note (i) |
| 15. 19th-27th April 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy |
Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong |
To visit Ships and Establishments of the Far East Fleet |
See note (i) |
| 16. 20th-25th April 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force |
Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus and Libya |
To visit RAF units |
See note (i) |
| 17. 23rd-26th April 1965 |
Secretary of State for Defence |
Norway |
To visit Norwegian Minister of Defence and Service establishments |
See note (i) |
| 18. 16th-23rd May 1965 |
Secretary of State for Defence |
Middle East |
To visit British Forces |
See note (i) |
| 19. 31st May-1st June 1965 |
Secretary of State for Defence |
France |
Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers |
See note (i) |
| 20. 7th-15th June, 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force |
Canada |
To visit Ministry of Defence and RCAS units |
See note (i) |
| 21. 19th June 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force |
France |
Visit to Salon d'Aeronautique |
See note (i) |
| 22. 23rd June-2nd July 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Army (Mr. Mulley) |
Aden, Singapore and Addis Ababa |
Study of Defence Organisation |
See note (i) |
| 23. 14th-17th Sept. 1965 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Army (Mr. Reynolds) |
Gibraltar |
To examine questions of land and housing |
See note (i) |
| 24. 14th-16th Sept. 1965 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy (Mr. Mallalieu) |
Gibraltar |
Study of Civil Redevelopment Scheme |
See note (i) |
| 25. 21st-24th Sept. 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Army (Mr. Mulley) |
Munchen Gladbach and Berlin |
To visit troops and training in BAOR |
See note (i) |
| 26. 1st-9th Oct. 1965 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy (Mr. Mallalieu) |
Bahrain and Aden |
To visit HM Ships and naval establishments |
See note (i) |
| 27. 7th-10th Oct. 1965 |
Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force |
France |
To visit various NATO headquarters |
See note (i) |
| 28. 18th-23rd Oct. 1965 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force (Mr. Millan) |
Cyprus |
To visit RAF units |
See note (i) |
| 29. 9th-10th Nov. 1965 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and three officials |
Belgium |
Meeting with Belgian Defence Minister |
£ 145 |
| 30. 26th-27th Nov. 1965 |
*Secretary of State for Defence, Minister of Defence for the Army (Mr. Mulley) and four officials |
France |
Meeting of NATO Special Nuclear Committee |
600 |
| 31. 13th-16th Dec. 1965 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and five officials |
France |
NATO Ministerial Meetings |
530 |
| 32. 2nd-4th Jan. 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force and two officials |
Germany |
To visit RAF units |
1,290 |
| Date |
Minister |
Places Visited |
Purpose of Visit |
Cost |
|
|
|
|
£ |
| 33. 9th-14th Jan. 1966 |
*Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy (Mr. Mallalieu) |
Bermuda and U.S.A. |
To visit HM Ships and establishments and U.S. Polaris School |
572 |
| 34. 10th-12th Jan. 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Army (Mr. Reynolds) and two officials |
Germany |
To visit troops and training in BAOR |
396 |
| 35. 26th Jan.-6th Feb. 1966 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and ten officials |
U.S.A., Australia, Malaysia and Singapore |
Defence Review talks |
13,600 |
| 36. 18th-19th Feb. 1966 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and ten officials |
U.S.A |
Meeting of NATO Nuclear Planning Working Group |
3,030 |
| 37. 17th-20th April 1966 |
*Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force (Mr. Rees) |
Cyprus |
To visit RAF units |
2,492 |
| 38. 5th-6th May 1966 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and four officials |
France |
Meeting with French Minister of Defence |
435 |
| 39. 12th-18th May 1966 |
Minister of Defence for the Army (Mr. Reynolds) |
Middle East |
To visit the Aden base, operations in the Radfan and Army establishments in the Persian Gulf |
188 |
| 40. 27th May 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (Mr. Mallalieu) and three officials |
The Hague |
To visit Netherlands Admiralty |
128 |
| 41. 30th May-18th June 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force and two officials |
Middle East and Far East |
To visit RAF units |
11,500 |
| 42. 6th-8th June 1966 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and four officials |
Germany |
Meeting with German Minister of Defence and visit to British Forces |
500 |
| 43. 27th-29th June 1966 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Army (Mr. Ennals) |
Germany |
To visit Army units |
43 |
| 44. 30th June-2nd July 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Army (Mr. Reynolds) and twelve officials and representatives |
France |
To represent HM Government at 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme |
347 |
| 45. 4th-16th July 1966 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and seven officials |
Middle East and Far East |
To visit Service Headquarters and units |
10,600 |
| 46. 12th-18th July 1966 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy (Lord Winterbottom) |
Malta |
To visit HM Ships and naval establishments, and US 6th Fleet |
80 |
| 47. 16th-18th July 1966 |
Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (Mr. Mallalieu) and two officials |
Mediterranean |
To visit US 6th Fleet |
128 |
| 48. 25th-27th July 1966 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and ten officials |
France |
NATO Force Planning Meeting and Meeting with French Minister of Defence |
285 |
| 49. 22nd-24th Sept. 1966 |
*Secretary of State for Defence and eight officials |
Italy |
Meeting of NATO Nuclear Planning Working Group |
1,050 |
| Date |
Minister |
Places Visited |
Purpose of Visit |
Cost |
|
|
|
|
£ |
| 50. 26th Sept.-7th Oct. 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (Mr. Mallalieu) and two officials |
Far East |
To visit Far East Fleet |
2,880 |
| 51. 26th-28th Sept. 1966 |
*Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force (Mr. Rees) |
Germany |
Tovisit R.A.F. Germany |
485 |
| 52. 27th-30th Sept. 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Army and two officials |
Belgium, West Germany, and West Berlin |
To visit B. A.O.R. base installations and headquarters and Army autumn exercise |
350 |
| 53. 13th Oct. 1966 |
*Minister of Defence for the Army and 11 officials |
Bonn |
Ministerial discussions on foreign exchange costs of B.A.O.R. |
320 |
| NOTES: |
| (i) Complete details of the visits listed at serials 1–28 are not readily available but the total cost was in the order of £50,000. |
| (ii)* indicates that the Minister was accompanied by a Private Secretary. |
| (iii) So far as practicable, Service aircraft, where used, were filled up with Service men and families entitled to official air travel on the same route. |
| (iv) Where journeys were made in aircraft of RAF Transport Command, the transport element in the costs published for some of the flights would have been incurred otherwise for normal training purposes. |