asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government intend to protest to the United States Government about the apparent passing of a nuclear submarine within 25 miles of the Irish coast as evidenced by the finding of documents in a sealed container.
Written Answers. - US Nuclear Submarine.
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My Department contacted the American authorities at the time these documents were found, but as there was nothing to indicate that the submarine in question had entered Irish territorial waters, there were no grounds for a protest to the United States Government.