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Polaris Programme

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1964–1965Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1964

James Harold Wilson Rievaulx16 October 1964

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Wilson enters office and reviews inherited nuclear policy including Polaris

Denis Winston Healey1964

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey is responsible for defence policy as the Labour Government continues the Polaris programme.

1965

James Harold Wilson Rievaulx1965

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Wilson accepts that Polaris will remain the core of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent

Names involved

Denis Winston HealeyJames Harold Wilson Rievaulx

Provenance

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