149, Bat.tlefield nuclear yeapons, ln particular, raise lnportant problenG ofstability, creatlng preEsures for their early use in battlq. Their location nearthe front tinea of any ',ar sourd mean that polit.icar leaders may face a choiceearly in any conflicE of either authorizing the use of battlefleld peapons orwatching then being overrun. security for bolh sides sould be improved if thesenuclear lEaPons nere furtber reduced in nuDber and uibhdraen from the front lines.The strategic concep! of rrinited nucrear ear" ghould be abandoneal since it isunlikely tbat a nuclear r|ar could be linited or controlled to a certain levelwithout escalallng to a total nuclear par. 150. with reBpect to the two major nuclear PonerE, the Uniled Slateg and the sovieEUnion, there are steps that could be taken to inprove thelr ability to conmunicatenith one another ln order to avoid the unfoldlng of situations in ehich acEions andreactions through loisperceptions or oisjudgenent could lead to a greater riEk ofconflict. Those steps could also bring a crislE, once it develops, under control. 151. ?he recent aEreerEnt to up,grade the Unlted States - SovieE ,'got Llne" is auseful. step. other ideas have been proposed to inprove ccmounications and buil,dconfidence between the tso leading nilitary ponera. Separate negoeiaEionasp€cificalry for these tlrpes of neasutre, in rrhich progreas would not be dependentupon progress in the politlcally nore sensltlve talks on the size andcharacteristics of nucrear araenals, night prove a nore effective neans to reducingsuper-Pouer Eensions anal bullding conf idence.A/ 40 / 553 Eng I ish Page 42 C. NegoEia!ions and effectlve neaaures for arns linitation and disarr0aeent 152. For nore Ehan a decade there have been no negotiations leaaling to a treaty on general and conplete disarnanenE. Disarnaoent has becone an ilnperaEive and rKrst urgent lask facing the internat.lonal, coluluniEy. Together with negotiations on nuclear disarnanent rDeasures, negotl,ations shoulat be carried out on the reduction of arned forces and of conventional arnaDents, based on Ehe principle of undirninished security of the parties wltb a vlen to ProDoting or enhancing stability at a lower oiliuary level, taking into accounE Ehe need of all states to protect their security. Theae negotiatlons thould be conducEed ulth Particular enphasis on arned forces and conventlonal ueapons of nuclear-PeaPon Slateg and other niliEarily significanE countries. There should also be negotiatlons on the llnitation of lnternational Eransfer of convenEional reapons, based in particular
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