NATO (Discussions)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Mai 1987.

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Photo of Mr John Cartwright Mr John Cartwright , Woolwich 12:00, 5 Mai 1987

While it is perfectly correct that in the future NATO's deterrence must rest on a mix of nuclear and conventional capability, does the Secretary of State not accept the view of his right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs that if we were to remove all the intermediate range nuclear weapons, NATO would retain over 4,500 nuclear warheads in Europe? Is that not quite sufficient on which to base nuclear deterrence?