attack, no more and no less. Our hope is that we shall
in future be able to achieve this at a lower level of
arms and expenditure than is at present necessary.
26. My Government will leave no stone unturned in the
search for balanced and verifiable measures of arms
control and disarmament.
With our Western partners, we
have made far-reaching but practical proposals in every
arms control negotiation. At Stockholm, Vienna and
Geneva it is the West who has been making the running.
So far the response from the Soviet Union has been
unforthcoming.
When the Russians do find the political
will to take their places at the negotiating table,
they will find us ready and willing to talk.
27.
That is the constructive approach to defence and
disarmament. That is the one which this Government has
adopted, and which we shall continue to pursue. The
contrast with the doctrinal detritus of the
Opposition's ideas for one-sided disarmament could
hardly be sharper or stronger. The sheer
irresponsibility of the Labour Party's latest proposals
on defence beggars belief. It suggests a Party which
is not only unfit, but is also unwilling, to govern.
Their latest document is a sorry instrument of
unconditional surrender by those in the Labour Party
who once dared to fight for multilateral disarmament.
Now all that is left is an accumulation of bleached and
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