§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to respond positively to the proposal announced by Soviet Foreign Minister272W Shevardnadze in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on 24 September, that the Soviet Union should be permitted full inspection access to the radar monitoring facility at Fylingdales in Yorkshire.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe Government have received no request for access by the Soviet Union to the ballistic missile early warning facility at RAF Fylingdales. Soviet concerns about RAF Fylingdales are a legal matter of treaty interpretation and would therefore not be resolved by an inspection of the radars. If, however, the parties to the anti-ballistic missile treaty considered that a visit would be helpful in allaying Soviet concerns, then the Government would consider such a request in the light of the terms of the approach.