establish the missing link in the envisaged verification system. It is therefore an element of great concern to the Netherlands Government to find that efforts are made to block further consideration of this issue, even before the different elements of the proposal have been properly discussed and elaborated. We, for our part, are determined to pursue this issue, which is an essential element of the verification system as a whole. If my memory serves me right, it was the German Democratic Republic which had, on occasion, suggested that a ministerial meeting might be opportune to push our work further. At the time, the idea as such did not particularly appeal to us, as we would have preferred to solve the problems before any ministerial conference. In view of the structure of the CW negotiations and its prolonged history and of the fact that we do need results in the light of growing dangers of proliferation, we have come to the conclusion that a ministerial meeting might after all be worthwhile. The CD could envisage such a meeting at the beginning of our negotiating period next year. On that occasion Ministers could not only set a deadline for the termination of the negotiations later that year, but also give directions on the lines along which problems should be solved. Second, Ministers might want to meet again later that year, just before the expiry of CD/PV.568 10 (Mr, Wagenmakers, Netherlands) the deadline. The remaining problems would all have to be solved then and there. Ministers could then also consider the follow-up, including the manner in which universality of adherence to the convention could be achieved. In this context, it is proper to recall the intention of the North Atlantic allies, as stated in the final communique of the Turnberry ministerial meeting 
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