Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 24 April, if he will list the bilateral and multilateral fora at which United Kingdom and Soviet service personnel meet.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleThe multilateral fora in which United Kingdom and Soviet service personnel meet 261W include: meetings under CSCE auspices; the CFE negotiations in Vienna; the conference on disarmament; and visits to NATO at Evere. Occasions for bilateral meetings include: visits and exchanges; annual discussions on the prevention of incidents at sea agreement; contacts between United Kingdom attaches in Moscow and the Soviet Ministry of Defence and between Soviet attaches in London and my Department; and contacts in third countries between United Kingdom service attaches and their Soviet counterparts.