Five Power Defence Arrangements
14. OPD(74)23 proposed that at the minimum we would confirm
the consultative commitment and leave only our five-man
contribution to the Integrated Air Defence System. The
Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, however, subsequently
suggested to the OPD that our negotiators should be allowed
some flexibility. On which of these two bases should the
consultative brief be written?
MOD
26.9.74.
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