This bit of news may seem trivial now after all that time gone by, so I'm wondering why is it coming out now? What's brewing behind the scenes?
BRITAIN was prepared for nuclear retaliation against China in the event of an attack on Hong Kong, top-secret documents have revealed.Letters circulated to Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister at the height of the Cold War in 1961, recommended nuclear force, provided by the Americans, as the only alternative to abandoning the island colony if China attacked.