Eastern European and Soviet Department: Attitude to European Security Conference in Eastern Europe

A file of correspondence and reports concerning East European attitudes to the proposed conference on European security. The documents cover articles published in the East European press on the issue; relevant conversations with East European diplomats and government officials; a visit to Belgium and Luxembourg by the Soviet foreign minister, Andrei Gromyko, during which he offered his views on the security conference and on mutual and balanced force reductions; the views of the Bulgarians as discussed with Dutch officials; and discussions between British and Romanian officials. Other documents in the file cover the views of Polish officials; and reports on statements made by individual Warsaw Pact officials and ministers. The file also includes a Radio Free Europe report on Yugoslav attitudes towards the proposed conference; discussions on the leaking of a confidential British document to The Guardian newspaper; and discussions on the proposed use of Helsinki as the venue for the conference.