§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will outline his proposals for the verification of an intermediate nuclear force agreement;
297W(2) what is his policy towards the United States proposal for on-site inspection of the dismantling of Soviet intermediate range missiles;
(3) what is his policy towards the United States proposal that the Soviets should grant United States inspectors 24 hour access to Soviet plants and facilities concerned with intermediate nuclear force in the wake of an agreement.
§ Mr. MellorThe details of the verification regime to be applied in an intermediate nuclear force agreement are still being negotiated between the United States and the Soviet Union. The details of the negotiations are confidential. The United States is consulting the United Kingdom and other basing countries closely.