HC Deb 13 December 1967 vol 756 c141W
Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether, in view of the use of hydrofoil craft by the Israeli Navy and of the projected purchases by the Pakistan of Russian hydrofoils, he will now consider the use of hydrofoils for Middle Eastern defence purposes.

Mr. Mason:

We are in close touch with the development of hydrofoil techniques but we have no plans to deploy these craft in the Middle East.