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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION 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 

MAY 11, 2023 

Mrs. FISCHER (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 Macmillan met in Nassau, Bahamas, and issued a joint statement (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Statement on Nuclear 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 missile 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 include the Trident II (D5) strategic weapon system on October 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 Secretary of Defense the Honorable Robert Gates and Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom the 

Right Honorable Desmond Browne and under the auspices of the Polaris Sales Agreement, the United States 

Government and the Government of the United Kingdom 

agreed to continue cooperation to design a common missile compartment for the follow-on ballistic missile submarines of each nation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) marks the 60th anniversary of the Polaris 

3 Sales Agreement between the Government of the 

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1 land and the Government of the United States of 

2 America, done at Washington April 6, 1963; 

3 (2) congratulates the Royal Navy for stead4 fastly maintaining a Continuous At-Sea Deterrent; 

5 (3) recognizes the important contribution of the 

6 Continuous At-Sea Deterrent to the North Atlantic 

7 Treaty Organization; 

8 (4) reaffirms that the United Kingdom is a val9 ued and special ally of the United States; and 

10 (5) looks forward to continuing and strength11 ening the shared commitment of the United States 

12 and the United Kingdom to sustain submarine-based 

13 strategic deterrents well into the future. 

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