Summary
In 1962, as [Harold Macmillan] set off to accept John F Kennedy's offer of Polaris missiles, the chief of Britain's nuclear bomber force wrote that the prime minister was travelling to "defend a myth". Macmillan's Sir Humphrey, Robert Scott, wrote that the deal would put Britain in America's pocket for a decade.
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Trident: We've Been Conned Again
The independent British nuclear deterrent is a myth - whatever else it may be, it is not independent. That reality, laid bare as never before in US presidential directives published on our website, renders meaningless the government's suggestion that it is time to renew "our" nuclear arsenal.
For decades, American presidents have been authorising US weapons-makers to ship vital bomb components to Britain. George Bush Sr was one of them: ...See the full content of this document
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