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On Disarmament: The Role of Conventional Arms Control in National Security Strategy

By: Ralph A. Hallenbeck; David E. Shaver et al. | Book details

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Appendix B: NATO Chapter One

Negotiations on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Postition Paper Provided by the Delegations of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States
Objectives
1. The objectives of these negotiations are agreed in the mandate, are:
the establishment of a secure and stable balance of conventional forces at lower levels;
the elimination of disparities prejudicial to stability and security;
the elimination, as a matter of high priority, of the capability for launching surprise attack and for initiating large-scale offensive action.
2. Through the approach outline below the Western Delegations will seek to establish a situation in which surprise attack and large-scale offensive action are no longer credible options. We pursue this aim on the basis of equal respect for the security interests of all. Our approach offers a coherent whole and is intended to be applied simultaneously and in its totality in the area of application.
Rationale
3. The rationale for our approach is as follows:
the present concentration of forces in the area from the Atlantic to the Urals is the highest ever known in peacetime and represents the greatest destructive potential ever assembled. Overall levels of forces, particularly those relevant to surprise attack and offensive action such as tanks, artillery and armored troop carriers, must therefore be radically reduced. It is the substantial disparity in the numbers of these systems, all capable of rapid mobility and high firepower, which most threatens stability in Europe. These systems are also central to the seizing and holding of territory, the prime aim of any aggressor;
no one country should be permitted to dominate Europe by force of arms: no participant should therefore possess more than a fixed proportion of the total holdings of all participants in each category of armaments, commensurate with its needs for self defence;

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