PRESS RELEASE (93)67                                 08 November 1993

         MINISTERIAL MEETINGS OF THE DEFENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND OF
         THE NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP

DATE AND PLATE

The Defence Planning Committee (DPC) and the Nuclear Planning Group
(NPG) will meet in ministerial sessions on 8 and 9 December 1993 at
NATO headquarters in Brussels.

ACCREDITATION

(a)  Journalists holding NATO permanent press cards need not apply for
accreditation but are asked simply to check in at the accreditation
desk on arrival.

(b)  Correspondents not in possession of a NATO permanent press card
will be admitted to the press zone on presentation of numbered
individual NATO press passes. Advance application for this
accreditation may be made by filling in the enclosed forms. Please
return the completed forms as soon as possible to:

     Head of Press & Media Service, NATO, B-1110 Brussels, Belgium.

     Further forms may be obtained from the NATO Press Service.

     NATO press passes will not be mailed to applicants. They may be
     collected from the accreditation desk in the press zone from 14:00
     on Monday, 6 December.

Note:     NATO reserves the right to withhold press cards in cases
where no advance application has been submitted.

PROGRAMME:

Details of the programme are not yet known but we expect the meetings
to start in the morning at about 09:00. The final news conferences will
be around lunchtime on 9 December.

PARKING

Correspondents are advised that they will not be able to bring vehicles
into the NATO compound but that a shuttle bus service will be provided
between the carpark outside the NATO main gate and the NATO Press
Service entrance.

ENQUIRIES

General press arrangements: Mr. F. Le Blevennec, 02/728 50 38 
TV-Radio               : Mr. G. De Brouwer,   02/728 50 49 
Photo Office           : Mr. A.J. Soares,     02/728 50 46