At a conference in East Berlin, the foreign ministers of the Warsaw Pact countries speak out in favour of the SALT II agreement and call for a SALT III agreement.
12-14 December
1979
The NATO Council of Ministers agrees on the so-called "Double-Track Decision":
In response to the stationing of Soviet SS-20 missiles, medium-range nuclear missiles are to be stationed in West Germany, Great Britain and Italy from the end of 1983 if the disarmament talks on medium-range missiles that have been offered to the Warsaw Pact countries remain without results until then.
NATO Double-Track Decision, 12 December 1979 (in German)less
14 December
1979
Almost 22,000 prisoners are released as part of the amnesty marking the 30th anniversary of the GDR.
