SZ/CSA/135/10 - [Minute, Harold Watkinson to Sir David Ormsby-Gore, 26/6/62]

SZ/CSA/135/10

Item

[Minute, Harold Watkinson to Sir David Ormsby-Gore, 26/6/62]

1962

2 leaves

McNamara, Robert S.
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974
George-Brown, George Brown,

Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United Kingdom

Watkinson, Harold,
Harlech, David Ormsby-Gore,recipient

Watkinson gives his views on "the current nuclear situation" ahead of the opposition's visit to Washington. He claims McNamara's recent speech and an article by Lippman have damaged Anglo-American relations. George Brown will see McNamara whilst in Washington and Watkinson thinks it would be useful if Ormsby-Gore could brief McNamara on "the nuances of British politics". Brown will be looking for any hint from McNamara that United States nuclear weapons policy differs from the UK's.