§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 16 February,Official Report, columns 823–24, if he will make a statement on the role and function of the United Kingdom person stationed at (a) Laurel, Maryland, (b) Lawrence Livermore laboratory, (c) Dahlgren, Virginia, (d) Kings 253W bay, Georgia, (e) New London, Connecticut and (f) Crystal city, Arlington, Virginia.
§ Mr. FreemanThe United Kingdom personnel stationed in the United States as part of the Polaris sales agreement, as amended for Trident, provide direct liaison with US strategic systems project staff, supply staff and contractors on technical, financial, logistics, planning and safety matters. The individual stationed at the Lawrence Livermore laboratory is an employee of the Atomic Weapons Establishment on a short term appointment associated with the 1958 agreement, not the Polaris sales agreement as suggested by my previous reply.
§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many US personnel are stationed in the United Kingdom as part of(a) the 1958 US/UK mutual defence agreement, (b) the Polaris sales agreement and (c) the Trident sales agreement; and where they are located.
§ Mr. FreemanThere is one US employee stationed at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston under the terms of the 1958 mutual defence agreement. There are five US employees in the United Kingdom as part of the Polaris sales agreement, as amended for Trident. These are as follows
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