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Spain resumes negotiations with its NATO partners on the future
role of Spanish forces with the Alliance.
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Talks open in Vienna between NATO and Warsaw Treaty countries on
a mandate for negotiations on conventional forces in Europe from
the Atlantic to the Urals.
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NATO Secretary General Lord Carrington, following an emergency
meeting of the North Atlantic Council, offers to use his good offices
to help to resolve the dispute in the Aegean between Greece and
Turkey.
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The parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany formally endorses
a proposal calling for the elimination of intermediate-range (INF)
and shorter-range (SRINF) missiles in Europe.
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The Canadian Government announces its decision to redirect its
commitment to the reinforcement of Europe from the Northern to the
Central Region.
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic Helmut Kohl proposes the formation
of a joint Franco-German brigade as the first step towards a joint
European fighting force.
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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announces Soviet readiness to eliminate
all intermediate-range nuclear weapons including those deployed
in the 1987 Asian part of the Soviet Union in the context of a United
States-Soviet INF treaty.
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Soviet negotiators present a proposal at the United States-Soviet
Geneve arms control negotiations accepting the principle of a "double-zero
option" eliminating Soviet and US land-based intermediate range
(LRINF and SRINF) missiles on a global basis.
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Western European Union experts meeting in The Hague consider joint
action in the Gulf to ensure freedom of navigation in the oil shipping
lanes of the region.
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United States inspectors attend military manoeuvres near Minsk,
the first such inspection to take place under the provisions of
the September 1986 Stockholm Document.
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Soviet inspectors attend NATO exercises in Turkey, the first such
inspection to take place in an Alliance country under the provisions
of the September 1986 Stockholm Document.
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Foreign and Defence Ministers of the seven member countries of
the Western European Union adopt "The Hague Platform on European
Security Interests."
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Presentation of NATO's annual Atlantic Award to Pierre Hamel (Belgium),
author of the 1967 Harmel Report.
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US President Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, meeting
at the beginning of their three-day summit talks, sign the Washington
Treaty on Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF), eliminating on
a global basis land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
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The United States and the Soviet Union reach agreement on measures
allowing the monitoring of nuclear explosions at each other's test
sites.
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At the end of their 3-day summit meeting in Washington, US President
Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev pledge deep cuts in strategic
arms and instruct negotiators in Geneva to draft an agreement in
line with the 1972 ABM Treaty.
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The North Atlantic Council marks the 20th anniversary of the Harmel
report. The Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign
Ministers of Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands
and the United Kingdom sign bilateral agreements relating to the
implementation of the INF Treaty and its on-site inspection and
verification procedures.
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