have a number of ideas to put forward which we believe to be constructive, and we shall continue to look at the initiatives of others on their merits. The First Committee is also a place which allows those involved in the various disarmament and arms control forums to inform others of such activities. As well as the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, to which I have already referred, the United Kingdom has participated actively at the regional level in the Conference on Disarmament in Europe in Stockholm and in the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions talks in Vienna, as well as at the global level in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. In Central Europe there is the greatest concentration of conventional forces and armaments anywhere in the world. My Government is fully committed to doing everything it can to achieve balanced and verifiable reductions of this concentration, and to enhance stability and security at the lowest possible levels of forces. At the mutual and balanced force reductions talks in Vienna, we, together with our allies, have over the years put forward a number of constructive proposals designed to achieve a breakthrough in the talks. We have attempted to come to terms with the crucial issue of data, the issue that, according to the East, has been responsible for the frustratingly slow progress at Vienna. MLG/sm A/C.l/40/PV.ll 31 (Mr. Cromartie, United Kingdom) We have continued to offer a dialogue on verification, which is essential if we are to ensure that there is no room for mutual uncertainty or suspicion about compliance, but as yet there has been no corresponding readiness on the part of the Soviet bloc to co-operate . We need to know the level of forces in Central Europe. 
**Analysis**
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