§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many representations his Department received on 14 November regarding the presence of British protesters at the Nevada test site;
(2) how long before the scheduled testing of a British nuclear weapon on 14 November his Department first received reports that there were British protesters at the test site.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe Ministry of Defence received a number of telephone calls on 14 November about the presence of British protesters at the Nevada test site. The United States authorities reported the presence of four protesters (three of whom were later confirmed to be British) at the site at about 17.45 GMT. The test was carried out at 19.17 GMT.