Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area.” ~ Alexander Haig (1924- ) Secretary of State for President Ronald ReaganSource: Testimony, Congressional Hearings on NATO, 1983. Cited in Dugger, On Reagan, p. 403