§ 36. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will take the initiative towards a European Security Conference and particularly for talks between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Warsaw Pact Governments to reduce military forces in Europe.
§ Mr. George BrownIn the joint Communiqué issued at the end of the Prime Minister's talks in Moscow it was reaffirmed
that a conference on European security could be valuable subject to the necessary preparation".We are in touch with our allies about the best way to make further progress.As my right hon. Friend the Minister of State told my hon. Friend on 22nd January, the question of balanced force reductions is under study in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.—[Vol. 757. c. 4.]