An outline of the Dutch position on the modernization of Theater Nuclear Forces (TNF) in Europe as of late 1979. It includes extensive discussion of Dutch domestic political challenges associated with supporting TNF modernization, the proposed connection between TNF modernization and the fate of SALT II as well as an enumeration of military/technical conditions under which TNF modernization would be viewed as more palatable by the Dutch government.

Creators

Agt, A. A. M. van

Klaauw, Chris van der

Scholten, Willem

Brown, Harold, 1927-

Subjects Discussed

• Euromissiles Crisis
• Nuclear weapons--North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Nuclear nonproliferation
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Soviet Union--Foreign policy
• Arms race

Locations discussed

• Netherlands
• Soviet Union
• United States
• Western Europe

Appears in Collections

• Euromissiles Crisis

Source

• Archive of A.A.M. van Agt, box 41, TNF file, Catholic Documentation Center, University Nijmegen. Translation from the Dutch and footnotes: Ruud van Dijk, University of Amsterdam

Original Archive

• Catholic Documentation Center, Radboud University Nijmegen

Type

• Memorandum
• Draft

Language

• Dutch

Publishers

• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)

Rights

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Record ID

• 110110