The American programs for the development and pro-
duction of nuclear weapons which have been approved
in the recent period and which are already being carried

_ out and also the development of weapons based on the
latest scientific achievements and discoveries, including
systems and means for waging war in and from space,

the U.S. military arsenal, including in Europe. This pol-
icy of an arms build-up, pursued by the United States

leading to the frustration of international stability.

The drawing up of new arms build-up programs by
them is inseparable from the escalation of the strategic
concepts and doctrines, such as those of the “‘first dis-

_ arming nuclear strike,”’ ‘limited nuclear war,”’ “‘prot-
racted nuclear conflict’”’ and others. All these aggressive

_ doctrines, which jeopardize peace, are based on the
assumption that it is possible to win a nuclear war
through the first use of nuclear weapons.

The states represented at the meeting stress most
forcefully that a hope to unleash a nuclear war and to win
it is nonsensical. There can be no winners in a nuclear
war once it breaks out. It is bound to lead to the annihila-
tion of whole peoples, to colossal destruction and to

ic consequences for civilization and for life on
earth as a whole.

Military policy based on such hopes inseperably en-
tails other very dangerous consequences.

Need for cooperation

For this reason the states represented at the meeting
believe that it is necessary to act without delay, while
there still is possibility to curb the arms race and to go.
Over to disarmament. They proceed here from the as-
sumption that all the states, if they care for the destinies
of their peoples and mankind at large, should have an
objective interest in preventing a slide to war.

It is necessary first and foremost that the States, par-
ticularly nuclear powers, should display political will and
readiness for cooperation. It is necessary that their milit-
ary policies should proceed exclusively from defensive
Purposes and reckon with the legitimate security in-
terests of all the states. They should not make it more
complex to reach agreements leading to effective reduc-
tions in the armed forces and armaments with strict

observance of the principle of equality and equal

In this connection the participants in the meeting ex-
pect that after the Soviet Union unilaterally adopted the
commitment not to be the first to use nuclear weapons,
all the nuclear powers which have not yet done so will do
the same.

In the present-day complex international situation it is

particularly necessary to break the deadlock over the
cause of real limitation and reduction of armed forces
and armaments. In this connection the participants in the
meeting call for the resolute activation of the ongoing
talks and for the resumption of the interrupted talks on
the entire range of questions of ending the arms race, for
Persevering and patient work to reach agreements on
reduction and elimination of weapons, particularly nu-
clear weapons. They support and welcome the proposals
of the Soviet Union on ending the arms race and promot-
ing disarmament. > :
_ The states represented at the meeting attach much
importance to the achievement of success at the
Soviet-American talks on the limitation and reduction of
Strategic arms.

Endorse a freeze
on nuclear weapons

The participants in the meeting believe that agreement
between major military powers on‘stopping the build-up
of their armed forces and armaments, particularly nu-

clear weapons, would become a major step towards

ending the arms race. In this connection they note with
Satisfaction that the overwhelming majority of states and

ever broader sections of the world public are advocating
a freeze on nuclear arsenals today. A mutual quantitative

freeze on the strategic arms of the USSR and the USA

and the maximum possible restrictions on their modern-

ization could become one of the more tangible embodi-

ments of this idea.

The states represented at the Meeting resolutely advo-

cate, furthermore, the drafting of a program of stage-by-

stage nuclear disarmament and, within its framework, of
; agreements to end the development and production of
Rew systems of nuclear weapons, the production of
“a i materials to develop different types of these.
weapons, and the production of the means of delivery of
nuclear weapons. All this would create conditions for

progress towards the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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are called upon to multiply manifold the deadly power of

and some of its allies to achieve military superiority, is

Warsaw Pact states consider as a key task the prevention

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Must deal with
concrete questions

They also believe it necessary to speed up the achieve-
ment of agreements on a number of concrete questigns
and in this connection call upon all the.states to give a
fresh impetus to talks, including those within the frame-
work of the Geneva disarmament committee, with a
view to:

Drafting in the shortest possible time a treaty on the
complete and universal prohibition of nuclear weapons
tests; :

Speeding up the drafting of an international con-
vention on the prohibition and elimination of chemical
weapons; >

Going over to the drafting of a convention to ban
neutron weapons;

Beginning talks without delay on prohibiting the
deployment of weapons of any type in outer space;

Finalizing as soon as possible an international con-
vention on the prohibition of radiological weapons;

Speeding up the solution of the question of strengthen-
ing security guarantees to non-nuclear states.

Continuing to attach much importance to the pre-
vention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the par-
ticipants in the meeting welcome the recent increase of
the number of states which are parties to the treaty on the
non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and express the
hope that the other countries, which have not yet joined
it, will do so in the near future. They. speak in favor of
achieving an international agreement on the non-
deployment of nuclear weapons in those countries which
do not have them at the moment and on the non-buildup
of these weapons in those countries in which they have
already been deployed.

They believe that the drafting of measures to ensure
the safe development of nuclear projects with the use of
any means would help to strengthen universal security
and at the same time to extend international cooperation
in the peaceful use of nuclear power.

Limit conventional arms

In view of the continuous improvement of con-
ventional weapons, which are becoming ever more

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Photo: Pershing-2 missile scheduled for West Europe in
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formidable, it is necessary to make fresh efforts to su Ds
stantially lower the present levels of conventional arms
and armed forces both on a global scale and in individual
regions and to conduct relevant talks for this purpose.
is also useful to resume talks on limiting the sales a
supplies of conventional weapons. ‘

In view of the growing role of navies, the participan' 5
in the meeting are in favor of beginning talks on limiting
naval activities and limiting and reducing naval armz :
ments, and also on extending confidence-building mea-
sures to the areas of seas and oceans. They advocate the

Mediterranean and the renunciation of the deployment
of nuclear weapons in the territories of the non-nuclear
Mediterranean countries. j
The participants in the meeting also reiterate their
invariable position in favor of fresh efforts of an inter-
national scale for dismantling of foreign military bases
and the withdrawal of troops from foreign territories.
The states represented at the meeting proceed from
the assumption that any agreements on reducing arma-
ments and on disarmament should provide for proper
measures to verify their implementation, including,
when necessary, international procedures. ‘
Bearing in mind that the growing military spending is ©
directly related to the escalation of the arms race, the
participants in the meeting urge the NATO countries to.
reach practical agreement on non-escalating military :
spending and on its subsequent reduction both in percent —
and in absolute values. Agreement on this problem :
should, of course, embrace all the states having major —
military potentials. 7

Fund economic development

The resources released as a result of cutbacks in milit-_
ary spending would be used to promote economic and ©
social development, in particular, to assist the develop- —

~ ing countries in this field.

The participants in the meeting make a reminder that _
the proposals of their states on the non-escalation and
substantial reduction of military spending, made jointly
or individually, remain in force. They suggest that direct
talks between the states participating in the Warsaw
Treaty Organization and the NATO member states begin
without delay.

In the light of the existing situation the highest rep- —
resentatives of the states which have adopted the present
political declaration state: There is no more important 4
task for the peoples today than that of preserving peace —
and ending the arms race. It is the duty of all the govern-
ments, all the statesmen formulating the policies of their
countries, to accomplish it. ,

The strengthening of security in Europe is a major
component of the task of removing the threat of war and
strengthening universal peace. This is so first and fore-
most because vast quantities of arms, both nuclear and
conventional, are concentrated on the European conti- ;
nent and because the armed forces of the two military ‘
alliances are in direct contact there. ;

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Medium range missiles
in Europe

Analyzing the situation taking shape in Europe at pre-
sent, the participants in the meeting have drawn atten-
tion to the most serious threat posed to the European
nations by the intention of the NATO bloc to implement
its decision to deploy new American medium-range mis-
siles in a number of West European countries, the deci- q
sion reiterated in December 1982. The implementation of 3
this decision is bound to diminish trust and worsen the _
situation on the European continent.

For their part the states represented at the meeting —
consider it a key task to prevent the ‘emergence of
another round of the nuclear arms race in Europe andto
achieve the reduction and limitation of armaments. This
is important to strengthen European security, to ensure
the positive development of state-to-state relations on

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situation.

The Warsaw Treaty member countries believe thatthe
best solution would be to completely rid Europe of
nuclear weapons, both medium-range and tactical ones.
They proceed from the assumption that if this truly
“‘zero”’ decision cannot be reached at the moment, it is
feasible to take the way of the radical reduction of me- |
dium-range nuclear systems in Europe on the basis of the
principle of equality and equal security. In this respect
the importance of the Soviet-American talks on the i
limitation of nuclear weapons in Europe is very great.
The meeting noted the contribution made by the Soviet
Union in its proposals made public in Moscow on De-
cember 21, 1982. ,

These talks, however, are taking place at a time when

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