§ 20. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the relative strengths of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Warsaw Pact in nuclear and conventional weapons, respectively.
§ Mr. NottThe information requested by the hon. Gentleman will be set out in some detail in the 1981 defence White Paper, to be published tomorrow.
Within Europe the Warsaw Pact has a substantial numerical advantage over NATO in both nuclear and conventional forces, and is continuing to improve its offensive capability in terms of both quantity and quality.