re-escalation

In the opinion of His Majesty’s Government it is most important for political and other reasons that some limit should be fixed now, and it seems to them desirable, while avoiding any excessive increase, to fix a limit at such a level that reescalation is unlikely to be required again in the Capital Ships category during the period of the Treaty.

Soviet deception may increase the likelihood of undetected non-compliance, although it also risks a re-escalation of the crisis.