§ Mr. Cyril D. TownsendTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress is being made with negotiations with the Soviet Union over the elimination of chemical weapons.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNegotiations are taking place at the Geneva conference on disarmament, to which the Soviet Union is a party, for a comprehensive, global ban on chemical weapons. Useful progress has been made in the talks, which are due to resume on 28 November.
Separately, the United States and the Soviet Union have agreed on a bilateral data exchange and series of 197W visits. In addition, the United States has proposed a substantial mutual destruction of chemical weapon stockpiles.