NATO Defense Planning Committee meets in Brussels. (transcript)

NATO Defense Planning Committee Meets in Brussels The Defense Planning Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization met in ministerial session in Brussels on 1st and 2nd December 1987.

We reaffirmed that the objective of the Alliance is to preserve the security of its members through adequate defensive strength and to enhance stability through the development of a more constructive relationship between East and West. We welcomed the fortcoming meeting between President Reagan and MR. Gorbachev as an important stage in this process. We welcomed and fully support the agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union for the global elimination of landbased INF [intermediate-range nuclear forces] missiles with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. This has been made possible by the determination and solidarity of the allied governments over the years. We look forward to the prospect of …