Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the Alliance - status of nuclear forces - START - INF: appeal to the Soviet Union to return to negotiations - reduction in the stockpile of NATO's nuclear warheads in Europe - continued build-up of Soviet nuclear forces - deployment of NATO's Longer-Range INF in conformity with the December 1979 "double track" decision.

Thirty-five years of NATO: a successful history - need for a stable and constructive East-West relationship - search for a stable balance of forces at the lowest possible level - accumulation and modernisation of Soviet military power - INF forward deployment in the GDR announced by the Soviet Union - strength and cohesion of the Alliance based on the transatlantic partnership - conventional capabilities of the Alliance - NATO Force Goals for 1985-1990 - 3 % guidance formula or defence expenditure - effective use of increased defence resources- progress in the use of emerging technologies - progress towards a more comprehensive resource strategy - CNAD priorities - EUROGROUP report - IEPG progress - restrictions on transfer of technology - increase in funding level for infrastructure programme - assistance to Greece, Portugal and Turkey - implications of out-of-area developments - beginning of LRINF deployment in conformity with December 1979 "double-track" decision - United States willingness to resume START and INF negotiations - Alliance proposal at MBFR negotiations - Western initiatives at the CDE - draft Treaty on Chemical Weapons tabled by the United States - tribute to Mr. Joseph Luns.

The North Atlantic Treaty, a major factor for peace and stability - adherence of members of the Alliance to their commitments under the North Atlantic Treaty, the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act - continued expansion of Soviet military strength - maintaining the conventional and nuclear forces necessary to deter aggression - search for more effective and balanced transatlantic cooperation - Washington Statement on East-West Relations - reducing the risks of conflict through arms control agreements and the restoration of confidence - search for a balance of forces at the lowest possible level - INF - START - appeal to the Soviet Union to resume negotiations on nuclear forces - substantial reduction in the stockpile of NATO's nuclear warheads in Europe - draft Treaty on chemical weapons submitted by the United States - Allied concern over evidence of the use of chemical weapons in South-East Asia and Afghanistan - issues relevant to the prevention of an arms race in outer space - research programmes on strategic defence - major new Allied proposal in MBFR - importance of the Helsinki Final Act and the Madrid Concluding Document for building constructive relations - implementation of CSCE principles - concrete Allied proposals at the CDE - Poland - Afghanistan - Berlin - inner-German relations - bilateral economic relations with the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe - assistance to developing nations - importance of respect for genuine non-alignment - implications of out-of-area events - Allied commitment under Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty - importance of programmes to benefit the economies of less favoured partners - concern about inter- national terrorism - tribute to Mr. Joseph Luns.

Armaments Cooperation - Economic Cooperation and Assistance Within the Alliance - NATO Science Programme - The Situation in the Mediterranean.

Status of nuclear forces - discussion of nuclear policy matters - continued Soviet nuclear build-up at all levels - new SS-20 bases - SS-21 and SS-22 deployment in GDR and Czechoslovakia - development and testing of SS-23 - substantial reduction in the stockpile of NATO's nuclear warheads in Europe - need for the Alliance to retain a fully credible nuclear and conventional posture - deployment of Longer-Range INF in the absence of a concrete negotiated result - renewed call upon the Soviet Union to resume negotiations on the reduction of nuclear arms - United States' proposals in START and INF negotiations.

Search for equitable and verifiable arms control measures - deployment of Longer-Range INF (LRINF) missiles - growth of Warsaw Pact capabilities - strategy of flexible response and forward defence - problems of improving conventional forces - 1984 Annual Defence Review - NATO Force Plan for 1985-1989 - infrastructure - ammunition war reserve stocks - mobilisable forces - exploitation of new technology - progress within the Independent European Programme Group (IEPG) - long-term planning - improving NATO conventional defence-aid to Greece, Portugal and Turkey - developments outside the NATO Treaty area - renewal of dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union.

East-West relations - political solidarity within the Alliance - Washington Statement of May 1984 - consultations on arms control and disarmament-forthcoming meeting of Secretary Shultz and Foreign Minister Gromyko - Longer-Range INF (LRINF) deployments in the absence of a concrete negotiated result - efforts to achieve a global ban on chemical weapons - CDE - MBFR - commitment to the CSCE process - Afghanistan - Poland - events outside the Treaty area - Berlin - dialogue between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic - terrorism - Allied concern over the continued expansion of the Soviet military potential.

Armaments Cooperation - Economic Cooperation and Assistance Within the Alliance - Terrorism - CCMS - The Situation in the Mediterranean - Out of Area - East-West Trade.