§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the proposals the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies have received from either the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or its allies since January 1981 on constraining short and medium-range European nuclear forces in Europe;
(2) if he will list the proposals made by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies to the Warsaw Pact allies since January 1981 on constraining short and medium-range nuclear forces in Europe.
§ Mr. RentonThe progress report published in December 1983 by NATO's special consultative group on INF arms control gave full details of the first United States-Soviet INF talks between 1981–83. A copy is available in the Library of the House.
Both sides have agreed to respect the confidentiality of the current Geneva nuclear and space talks. However, the US and Soviet Union have each given detailed accounts of the six rounds of the negotiations that have so far taken place, and of the terms of the INF agreement discussed at Reykjavik. This would provide for zero LRINF warheads in Europe; 100 LRINF warheads each outside Europe on United States territory and Soviet Asia respectively; constraints on shorter range INF with subsequent negotiations about reductions to begin within six months; and measures for effective verification including on-site inspection.