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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference | FCO 82/460 |
| Department/Office | Foreign Office |
| Title | US Armed Forces: facilities in UK; Diego Garcia (1974) |
| Description | Discussions regarding the US proposal for expansion of their facilities at Diego Garcia to provide a "US Navy Support Facility" designed to support a carrier task group or amphibious task group and to provide associated facilities for aircraft so to become a minor naval base. Refusal by HMG to sanction the expansion could put a severe strain on Anglo/US relations. The US Administration failed in their original hope of getting Congressional approval for the expansion earlier this year in the Supplementary Defence Budget for 1974; the House of Representatives were willing to approve it, but the Senate were not. |
| Date | 1974 |
| Collection | The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 |
| Region | North America, Europe |
| Countries | United States, United Kingdom |
| Places | Asia; Australia; Britain; Ceylon; Cyprus; Diego Garcia; Europe; Germany; India; Indonesia; Iran; Ireland; Israel; Kuwait; Middle East; New Zealand; Northern Ireland; Pakistan; South East Asia; Soviet Union; Suez Canal; United Kingdom; United States of America; Vietnam |
| People | Douglas-Home, Sir Alec; Ramsbotham, Sir Peter |
| Topics | Arab; Armed services; Arms; British Embassy; Burden sharing; CIA (Central Intelligence Agency); Congress; Defence; Department of Defense; Department of State; Disarmament; Draft; Environment; Exports; Impeachment; Military appropriations; Ministry of Defence; Nimrod; North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO); Nuclear Weapons; Oil; Pentagon; State Department; United Nations; Vietnam War |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
