Interesting information on Ted Heath standing up to Kissinger in regard to the 1973 Yom Kippur war, where he refused to allow the US to use UK bases in Cyprus, and he ensured the UK's strict neutrality. It angered the US so much that they withdrew all intelligence cooperation with GCHQ and MI6, which shocked the Brits.
During a Commons debate on Margaret Thatcher’s decision to allow US aircraft based in Britain to bomb Libya’s capital Tripoli in 1986, Heath intervened saying he had to deal with “an equally difficult question during the 1973 Yom Kippur war”. Heath told MPs: “We were asked for the use of bases, including those in Cyprus. The reply which the government sent to the United States was No.” The reply now seems to be Yes, Yes, Yes.
So good on old Ted. Competent musician as organist and conductor and competent sporting yachtsman. His ooposition to Thatcherism, unpopular at the time, now seems prescient.
"...he ensured the UK's strict neutrality." Not good enough.