§ 34. Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Lord Privy Seal if he is satisfied that the threat to the United Kingdom and the rest of Western Europe posed by Soviet medium rang nuclear missiles Interceptor SS20 will not be increased by the SALT II treaty signed by the United States of America and the USSR; and what representations Her Majesty's Government 170W have made to President Carter on this subject.
§ Mr. HurdThe Government are satisfied that the essential security interests of the United Kingdom and the Alliance are safeguarded under the SALT II agreement. We are now considering with our NATO allies what steps are required in terms of force modernisation and arms control to protect the interests of the Alliance in the face of the Warsaw Pact's build-up of SS20 and other nuclear delivery systems of particular concern to Western Europe.