Weinberger urges NATO to buck antinuclear tide

December 9, 1981

US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger called on NATO allies to take the offensive against the antinuclear movement in Western Europe and counter a tide of Soviet ''misinformation and disinformation.''

Mr. Weinberger, in a closed meeting of NATO defense ministers, informed his colleagues about the progress of US-Soviet negotiations to limit nuclear weapons in Europe, which began last week in Geneva.