HC Deb 03 July 1972 vol 840 cc4-5W
42. Sir G. Nabarro

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what will be the position of Great Britain in the matter of special atomic secrets secured from the United States of America, after Great Britain's accession to the European Economic Community, the countries of which have no such secret arrangements with the United States of America.

Mr. Anthony Royle

As regards defence information covered by the agreements with the United States of 1958 and 1963, Britain's position will be unchanged.

Exchanges of information in the civil nuclear field are governed by the 1955 and 1966 agreements. After the United Kingdom's accession to the European Economic Community our relations in this field with the United States will in due course be covered by the agreement between the United States and Euratom, in force at the time.

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