Even more irresponsible is the way in which some Opposition Members have linked or sought to link the Grenada Crisis with fundamental questions of western security in an orgy of anti-Americanism.

Yet we had the speech of Prime Minister Adams at the Royal Commonwealth Society in which he said that the Grenada Crisis and Britain's failure to react in support of democratic countries in the Commonwealth Caribbean represented a watershed in relationships between the British Caribbean and Britain, that the United States was taking over in the vacuum left by Britain and that Britain was sinking in the west with the sunset.

The White Paper sets out our policies and explains why we do not accept the criticism in the report of our actions during the Grenada Crisis.

Some final comments are added on the security implications of the Grenada Crisis and the United Kingdom's further relations with the Commonwealth Caribbean.

Our terms of reference were to investigatethe political Crisis in Grenada, progress towards the restoration of civilian democratic government, and the aid and development needs of the Island.

One possibly serious and long-term consequence of the Grenada Crisis could be that some, if not all, Caribbean Commonwealth countries may be further persuaded that their interests, particularly their security interests, lie wholly in the fostering of relations with the United States, because they believe that the United Kingdom is turning its back on them.

The matter of vulnerability was thrown into sharp relief by the Grenada Crisis.