European Security - Mediterranean - East- West Negotiations SALT- Arms Control and Disarmament - MBFR - Readiness to enter multilateral talks - Environmental questions - Declaration on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions.

Policy issues reviewed.

Continued growth Warsaw Pact forces - Mediterranean - Soviet maritime and global strategy reviewed - NATO measures.

Reviews balance of strategic forces - Agreement on political guidelines covering possible use of atomic demolition munitions.

President Nixon's statement regarding US forces in Europe - International situation reviewed - Progress on Berlin and other talks affirmed to be condition of multilateral exploration of European security -Principles governing inter-state relations - MBFR - Environment problems Co-operation on defence equipment - DPC meeting (2nd December) Approves Report on defence problems of Alliance in the I970s - Validity of NATO strategy - NA TO Security Indivisible - European defence improvement program - Mediterranean - Crisis management - Nuclear Affairs.

Report on defence problems of Alliance in the 1970s annexed to Communiqué.