HC Deb 23 February 1990 vol 167 cc930-1W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Prime Minister what is her policy on the minimum number of United States troops which should be stationed in Europe; what discussions Her Majesty's Government have had with the United States Administration on this policy; and whether she has any plans to revise her policy in the light of recent discussions between the United States of America and the Soviet Union.

The Prime Minister

The presence of substantial numbers of United States troops in Europe makes an essential contribution to Western security. The United States Government have made it very clear that they intend to maintain this contribution. The agreement at Ottawa between the United States and the Soviet Union, by which the two countries' stationed forces in the central region of Europe would each be subject by the CFE treaty to a ceiling of 195,000, is fully compatible with this.