CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT OF 4 SEPTEMBER
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH ON THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
NOVEMBER 1990
MY LORDS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
I look forward to visiting [the United States of America in May and Zimbabwe in October] and being present on the occasion of
the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Zimbabwe next
Autumn.
My Government will continue to attach the highest priority to national and Western security, and to the preservation of peace with freedom and justice. They will continue to give full support to NATO as the basis for collective Western defence, and will maintain adequate and effective nuclear conventional forces. They will also play a full part in adapting NATO strategy and force structures to take account of the welcome changes in
Europe.
My Government will work for balanced and verifiable measures of
arms control. They welcome [the prospect of an agreement] on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and will be active in
further negotiations on
this, and in the multilateral
negotiations in Geneva on the abolition of chemical weapons.
My Government will host the next Economic Summit in London in
July.
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