§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements he has made to facilitate the coverage by Press and television of the first test firing of a Polaris missile from H.M.S. ' Resolution ' off Cape Kennedy; how many places have been allocated to official guests and how many to United Kingdom and other Press and television correspondents, respectively, on board H.M.S. ' Aisne ' and the United States 287W ship Fred T. Berry '; and it he will give maximum publicity to this event in view of the public expenditure involved.
§ Mr. Healey:There will be two viewing ships, H.M.S. Aisne ' and the U.S.S. Fred T. Berry '. Thirty-five places have been allocated for Press, radio, television and film representatives. All these will be on board the Fred T. Berry, which is expected to be in the best position for viewing the trials.
Other accommodation has been reserved for representatives of compaines contributing to the Polaris programme, Royal Navy and other British staffs on duty and United States Navy representatives. These arrangements should ensure adequate publicity: they include two film production units.