The 1966 Defence White Paper was a major review of the United Kingdom's defence policy brought about by the Labour Party government under the Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The main author was the then Secretary of State for Defence, Denis Healey. In 1967 the government further announced the strategic withdrawal of British forces deployed East of Suez, which marked a watershed in British foreign policy.
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