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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 207
Marking the 60th anniversary of the Polaris Sales Agreement between the
United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY11, 2023
Mrs. F
ISCHER(for herself and Mr. KING) submitted the following resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
RESOLUTION
Marking the 60th anniversary of the Polaris Sales Agreement
between the United States and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Whereas, on December 21, 1962, President John F. Kennedy
and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Mac-
millan met in Nassau, Bahamas, and issued a joint state-
ment (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Statement on Nu-
clear Defense Systems’’), agreeing that the United States
would make Polaris missiles available on a continuing
basis to the United Kingdom for use in submarines;
Whereas, on April 6, 1963, Secretary of State Dean Rusk
and Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States
David Ormsby-Gore signed the Polaris Sales Agreement,
reaffirming the Statement on Nuclear Defense Systems
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and agreeing that the United States Government shall
provide and the Government of the United Kingdom shall
purchase from the United States Government Polaris
missiles, equipment, and supporting services;
Whereas the HMS Resolution launched the first Polaris mis-
sile of the United Kingdom on February 15, 1968, and,
in 1969, commenced the first strategic deterrent patrol
for the United Kingdom, initiating a continuous at-sea
deterrent posture for the United Kingdom that remains
in effect;
Whereas the Polaris Sales Agreement was amended to in-
clude the Trident II (D5) strategic weapon system on Oc-
tober 19, 1982, in Washington, DC, through an exchange
of notes between Secretary of State Jonathan Howe and
Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States Oliver
Wright; and
Whereas through an exchange of letters in 2008 between Sec-
retary of Defense the Honorable Robert Gates and Sec-
retary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom the
Right Honorable Desmond Browne and under the aus-
pices of the Polaris Sales Agreement, the United States
Government and the Government of the United Kingdom
agreed to continue cooperation to design a common mis-
sile compartment for the follow-on ballistic missile sub-
marines of each nation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate— 1
(1) marks the 60th anniversary of the Polaris 2
Sales Agreement between the Government of the 3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire-4
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land and the Government of the United States of 1
America, done at Washington April 6, 1963; 2
(2) congratulates the Royal Navy for stead-3
fastly maintaining a Continuous At-Sea Deterrent; 4
(3) recognizes the important contribution of the 5
Continuous At-Sea Deterrent to the North Atlantic 6
Treaty Organization; 7
(4) reaffirms that the United Kingdom is a val-8
ued and special ally of the United States; and 9
(5) looks forward to continuing and strength-10
ening the shared commitment of the United States 11
and the United Kingdom to sustain submarine-based 12
strategic deterrents well into the future. 13
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