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| Updated: 23-Oct-2000 | Ministerial Communiqus |
Nuclear |
Final CommuniquéChairman: Mr. M. Brosio.
Guidelines for the tactical use of nuclear weapons
discussed - Consultation arrangements for possible use of
nuclear weapons.
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The NATO Nuclear Planning Group, composed of the Ministers
of Defence of seven NATO countries, adjourned today after
a two-day conference in London.
Attending the meeting were Mr. Paul-Willem Segers, Belgium, Mr. Erik Ninn-Hansen, Denmark, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder, Fed. Rep. of Germany, Mr. Luigi Gui, ltaly, Mr. Ahmet Topaloglu, Turkey, Mr. Denis Healey, United Kingdom, and Mr. Melvin R. Laird, United States. Mr. Manlio Brosio, Secretary-General of NATO, was chairman. The Ministers continued their review of nuclear defence planning. They discussed in particular the subject of further guidelines for the NATO military authorities in respect of the tactical use of nuclear weapons in the defence of the North Atlantic Treaty area. Welcoming the progress that has been made, they gave instructions for the continuation of work in this field, and decided to resume their discussion at their next meeting. The Ministers considered strategic aspects of NATO's nuclear defence, and further arrangements for consultation within the Alliance on the possible use of nuclear weapons. The Ministers agreed to hold the Group's next meeting in November 1969 in the United States.
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