Written question asked by Julian Lewis (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 December 2005. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Former Warsaw Pack Countries

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list those former Warsaw pact countries belonging to NATO which have made information available (a) bilaterally to the United Kingdom, (b) to NATO and (c) by means of general publication revealing former Soviet plans to use (i) nuclear and (ii) conventional weapons in Europe;

Answer: Former Soviet plans for the use of nuclear and conventional weapons in Europe are of historic interest only. The Ministry of Defence have not therefore attempted to draw together information made available by former Warsaw pact countries; to do so would incur disproportionate cost.We are aware that the Polish Government have recently released information about former Soviet plans for the use of nuclear weapons in Europe. However, as this information is considered to be of historic interest only, the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have no plans to publish translations of this information.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 34194; 440 c1102W;440 c1102W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Disclosure of information Deployment Conventional weapons Nuclear weapons Weapons USSR Warsaw Pact
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