Eldo in the balance

Abstract

GOVERNMENT by leak has become such a well‐established part of governmental practice in the last year or so that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish fact from fiction, or if fact is to become fiction. In the case of the reports that we were to withdraw from Eldo, the European Launcher Development Organisation, it seems that it was a case of fiction, and not fact. Mr Wilson has announced that an inquiry is to be held into the source of the reports. At the time the news had all the appearance of authenticity, supported by a Foreign Office statement that said: ‘For some time the Government has had serious doubts about whether or not it should continue to participate in the Eldo programme. These doubts are centred on financial, technical and economic assessments of the initial programme.’

Citation

(1966), "Eldo in the balance", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 38 No. 7, pp. 7-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034162