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(Archived document, may contain errors) 523 July 16, 1986 I THE CONVENnONAL Y. pm DETERRING NUCLEAR INTRODUCTION ARMS BALANCE 3 WAR IN EUROPE It is central to the military.strategy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that its forces be able to hold back a Soviet-led Warsaw Pact conventional attack for several days. This would give NATO nations time to decide whether to use nuclear weapons. It is now questionable, however, whether NATO units are capable of buying this precious time needed for careful decision making.

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