HC Deb 07 March 1989 vol 148 c516W
95. Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Warsaw pact has changed its military doctrine over the past year.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Recent public statements by Warsaw pact leaders have stressed the defensive nature of the pact's military doctrine but its armed forces continue to maintain a capability far greater than that required for solely defensive purposes. We look forward to the implementation of measures, such as reductions in the strength of the pact's armed forces and in the defence spending of its members, that would indicate a genuine shift to a defensive doctrine.

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