7.
and US have also agreed to
pursue consultations with the
aim of developing realistic progress
towards arms limitation in the
Indian Occan.
ISN'T IT CYNICAL TO TALK ABOUT ARMS CONTROL AT THE SAME TIME AS AGREEING TO THE EXPANSION OF DIEGO GARCIA?
No Sir. Our presence in the Indian
Ocean has been limited and purely
defensive. We recognise that other
maritime nations may wish to maintain e
presence for similar reasons.
woutst
8.
WHAT IS MEANT BY US USE FOR OTHER THAN
The function of the facility we bo
9.
NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES"
It will always be Sopen to either side Вари
to call for special consultation if they
Muish the situatiin Hình
requires it.
STORAGE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
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to provide communications and maritime
support for US ships and aircraft
(and for our own if they should require
1. Lye shall keep cuch othe
ts
informed of intended movements and
either Governments, if it considers
that the nature of scale of the
intended use of the facility goes
beyond normal use, may call for
consultation escordinglys
It is the longstanding policy of IMG
and of the US Government to neither
confirm nor deny the presence of
nuclear weapons in any particular
location
[If pressed. Ho-nuolear weapons---
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