§ 18. Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress made towards a detente in Europe and a European security agreement in recent months and on the further steps he anticipates in the months ahead.
§ Mr. HattersleyI am encouraged by recent developments at the CSCE. I hope that further progress will be made in the new year, and that there will also be progress at the Vienna negotiations on mutual and balanced force reductions.