Commitments undertaken in NATO Summit of March 1988 - Role of nuclear forces - Credible deterrence at minimum force levels - Reductions of NATO's nuclear weapons - Continuing support for national efforts to meet Montebello requirements - Milestone represented by INF Treaty - NATO support for US position in START negotiations - Autumn 1988 NPG Ministerial meeting in the Netherlands - Position of Greece.

Full support and solidarity of the Alliance on eve of President Reagan's meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev - Continued validity of Harmel principles - Equitable share of roles, risks, responsibilities and benefits of collective defence - Relocation of US 401st Tactical Fighter Wing in Italy - Continuing growth of Soviet military capabilities and expenditure - Flexible response and forward defence - Improving effectiveness of conventional forces - Conventional Defence Improvements action plan - Need for increased assistance to Greece, Portugal and Turkey - Military Assistance Requirements (MAREQs) - Work of the Independent European Programme Group - NATO Common Funded Infrastructure Programme - Implementation of common support facilities for NATO forces - Conventional Armaments Planning System - Progress in cooperative projects - Hopes for early entry into force of the INF Treaty - Support for US position in START negotiations - Progress towards Conventional Stability Negotiations - MBFR Talks - Defence and arms control objectives - Tribute to Lord Carrington.

Review of security and defence matters - Role of nuclear weapons - Warsaw Pact superiority in conventional forces - Maintaining credibility of deterrent forces - Entry into force of INF Treaty - Status of US Strategic Modernisation Programme and Strategic Defence Initiative - Support for US position in START negotiations - Negotiations in the context of the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty and the Threshold Test Ban Treaty - Step-by-step approach - Future nuclear force requirements - Continued support for efforts of member countries within Montebello framework - Position of Greece.

Reaffirmed commitment to preserving peace, freedom and common security through effective deterrence and defence - Scale of Soviet military capacity and defence spending - Call for changes in Soviet military capabilities consistent with its declared policies - Identification of areas for further improvements in defence capability - Publication of report on enhancing NATO's collective security - Perceptions and realities of burden-sharing - Maximum efficiency in use of defence resources - Study on effectiveness and availability of operational capabilities of European forces in the Northern Army Group area including possible formation of a multinational division - Importance of sustained public support for defence and security - Minimising public impact of requisite training levels - Annual Defence Review - Continued validity of aims defined under Conventional Defence Improvements (CDI) initiative - Adoption of NATO Force Plan for 1989-1993 - Reaffirmed commitment to maintaining momentum of CDI programme - Progress in Spain's participation in Alliance defence planning outside NATO's integrated military structure - Approval of guidelines for development of coordination agreements between Major NATO Com- manders and Spanish Military Authorities - Overall levels of Allied assistance to Greece, Portugal and Turkey - Satisfactory progress in NATO Conventional Armaments Planning System trial (NATO CAPS) - Sharing and protection of militarily relevant technology - Biennial review of NATO Common Funded Infrastructure Programme - Additional infrastructure funding for relocation of US 401st Tactical Fighter Wing - Hopes for early commencement of Conventional Stability Talks and balanced outcome to Vienna CSCE Follow-up Meeting - Sustained efforts to ensure continued credibility of Allied strategy.

Signs of change in the policies of the Soviet Union - Promising prospects for improved East-West dialogue - Address made by President Gorbachev at the 43rd UN General Assembly - Search for ways to ease division of Europe - Current developments in Eastern Europe - Hopes for a new Soviet approach - Vienna CSCE Follow-up Meeting - Full support for US position on START - Implementation of INF Treaty - Progress towards early ratification of Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty and Threshold Test Ban Treaty - Conventional imbalance in Europe - Forthcoming conventional stability negotiations - Soviet conventional force reductions - Publication of NATO data on conventional forces in Europe - Statement on Allied proposals for forthcoming negotiations on conventional stability and further confidence and security-building measures in Europe - MBFR - Early conclusion of a worldwide, comprehensive and effectively verifiable ban on chemical weapons - Conference of the states party to the 1925 Geneva Protocol - Outstanding issues in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament - Controls on the export of commodities related to chemical weapons production - Further development of the comprehensive concept of arms control and disarmament - Reaffirmed commitment to equal share of risks, burdens, responsibilities and benefits of Alliance participation - Publication of report on enhancing collective security - Current Western initiative on Berlin - Continued efforts of the Federal Republic of Germany to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with the GDR - Situation in Afghanistan - Condemnation of terrorism - Improving the present level of cooperation and assistance within the Alliance - Coordination agreements between Major NATO Commanders and Spanish Military Authorities - Civil emergency planning and preparedness - Alliance's 40th Anniversary - East-West trade - Situation in the Mediterranean - Armaments cooperation and planning - Canadian proposals for assistance for countries with lesser developed defence industries.