HL Deb 09 November 1989 vol 512 c1075WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it is correct, as the Chief US Negotiator in the Conventional Force Reduction talks in Vienna is reported in the International Herald Tribune of19th October to have said, that both the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Warsaw Pact are "committed to incorporating in the first phase agreement some arrangement on [arms] production so that if you produce more, you have to destroy an equivalent amount or export it".

Lord Brabazon of Tara

No measures limiting arms production have been proposed by either side at the Vienna talks.