Eastern European and Soviet Department: West-West Relations: Relations between Western European Countries and the USA; The State of the North Atlantic Alliance

A file containing documents concerning relations between NATO member states. Subjects covered in the file include a lack of progress in relations between East and West Germany; public disillusion in Europe at American foreign policy; visits to the United Kingdom and several other European countries by the American president, Ronald Reagan; and calls by the American Secretary of Defence, Caspar Weinberger, for the strengthening of the North Atlantic alliance. Other subjects discussed in the file include the resignation of the American Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, and his replacement by George Shultz; the tension between anti-Sovietism and moderation in American foreign policy; anti-Americanism and opposition to nuclear weapons in Western Europe; the accession of Spain to NATO; a sudden deterioration in relations between the United States and France; and the American decision not to supply equipment for a Soviet gas pipeline project.