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Your telegram No. 81.
Parliamentary Question.
In practice a few small U.S. naval ships such as minesweepers and very occasionally larger ships lie alongside the British naval base and to that extent "use it".
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The total number of visits by U.S. vessels in 1966 was 391, compared with 332 for 1965.
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