Summary
The full fury of Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath when the Americans staged a nuclear face-off with Russia without informing Britain or other Nato allies.
The decision by President Richard Nixon to put US forces on worldwide nuclear alert after the Soviets threatened to intervene in the Arab-Israeli war of October 1973 marked one of the gravest moments of the Cold War.See the full content of this document
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Archives: Heath Furious Over Nixon's Cold War Snub
It took the superpowers closer to nuclear conflict than any time since the Cuban missile crisis -the only other occasion...
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