§ 40. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Tornado aircraft will be calculated as one of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation nuclear delivery systems in discussions on reduction of nuclear weapons with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ Mr. BlakerNo. The negotiations in Geneva on intermediate range nuclear forces are bilateral between the United State and the Soviet Union and are intended to achieve equal limits on their forces alone. The United States proposal for a "zero option" would involve the dismantling and destruction of all long range land based missiles on both sides; the United Kingdom has no weapons in this category.