§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about Government policy on intermediate range nuclear weapons.
§ Mr. RentonThe Alliance has consistently made it clear that agreements on INF must include equal and global limits. An agreement for the elimination of longer-range intermediate nuclear forces in Europe would have to include tight constraints on the numbers of SS20s in Soviet Asia, and on Soviet short-range INF. As in other areas of arms control, effective verification will be essential.