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October 02, 1979

SUMMARY OF DUTCH POSITION ON TNF MODERNIZATION FOR A MEETING BETWEEN US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAROLD BROWN AND DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER WILLEM SCHOLTEN

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    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.
    "Summary of Dutch Position on TNF Modernization for a Meeting Between US Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and Dutch Defense Minister Willem Scholten," October 02, 1979, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, 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 https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/110110

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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.

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Agt, A. A. M. van

Klaauw, Chris van der

Scholten, Willem

Brown, Harold, 1927-

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  • 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

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