HC Deb 23 February 1976 vol 906 cc36-7W
Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions military observers from the USSR have been asked to witness NATO forces manoeuvres.

Mr. Mason

Along with other participants to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, the USSR was invited by the Federal German Government to send an observer to an exercise, involving limited participation by United Kingdom troops, in mid-October 1975. The USSR did not, however, respond to the invitation.

Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions military advisers from NATO countries have been asked to witness Warsaw Pact manoeuvres.

Mr. Mason

Amongst NATO countries Turkey and Greece were invited to send observers to a Soviet exercise in the Caucasus at the end of January this year. Both countries sent observers.