Word: alport
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tories as well as Laborites have questioned Heath's perspective on the controversy. Lord Alport, a Conservative peer who handled Commonwealth relations under Harold Macmillan, recently called Heath's apparent determination to go ahead with the arms sale not only "politically unwise" but also "militarily irrelevant." Worse, it could prove counterproductive. By antagonizing black African governments, Heath might actually hasten the expansion of Soviet influence-not only in the Indian Ocean but on the African land mass as well. But Heath seemed determined to have his way and lost few chances to argue his side of the controversy...