§ 57. Mr. Linsteadasked the Undersecretary of State for Air why information about the shooting down of the Lincoln bomber by Soviet fighters which was readily supplied to British correspondents in Berlin and West Germany by the United States Air Force was refused by the Royal Air Force headquarters at Bad Eilsen.
Mr. WardIn view of the political implications of this incident, and the fact that the aircraft was based in this country, it was thought best that all authoritative statements should be made in London.