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The Original Skybolt Agreement (1960)

by David Coleman

The text of the original Skybolt agreement signed by President Dwight Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on March 29, 1960, at Camp David. It also covered Polaris and the use of the Scottish submarine base Holy Loch, west of Glasgow.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Eisenhower, Harold Macmillan, nuclear history, Skybolt

The US Government’s File on Sir David Ormsby-Gore (1962)

by David Coleman

This file was used in the briefing book for the meeting between JFK and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan when they met at Nassau in the Bahamas on December 18-21, 1962. That meeting was most famous for the Skybolt controversy.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: David Ormsby-Gore, Nassau, Skybolt