Word: accords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...furor went on even after Richard Nixon changed the ABM'S name to Safeguard and scaled down the project to a "thin" shield protecting only a few cities from attack by iCBMs. The issue began to fade after the U.S. and the Soviet Union agreed, in the 1972 accord on strategic arms limitation, to limit themselves to just two ABM installations apiece...
...mood of diplomatic euphoria, Israeli and United Nations officials gathered in Jerusalem last Friday afternoon. Word flashed from Washington that Congress had finally approved a resolution under which 200 U.S. technicians will be sent to Sinai to monitor the Egyptian-Israeli accord. As a result, Israeli representatives, who had previously only initialed the interim agreements, were now prepared to sign them formally. After doing so, Israel's Foreign Ministry Director Avraham Kidron exchanged champagne toasts with the U.N. observers and glanced at his watch. In ten minutes, Kidron announced confidently, Israeli officials at Ras Sudr, on the northern...
...resupply Israel or counter Soviet intervention in the event of another Middle East war, and its nuclear submarine base at Rota. These installations, argue American officials, will also give Washington leverage in influencing Spain's transition to the post-Franco era. For Spain, the accord means about $750 million in military and economic aid, plus what Madrid sees as the implication of acceptance that goes with a military arrangement with...
...with nuclear warheads. Defense Secretary James Schlesinger was also disturbed by the Kissinger understanding. The Pentagon insisted that it had had no warning that Kissinger would commit the U.S. to Pershings for Israel until the Secretary returned home with the Sinai agreement two months ago. As part of the accord, Kissinger had pledged the U.S. to "an early meeting to undertake a joint study of high technology and sophisticated items, including the Pershing ground-to-ground missile with conventional warheads...
Apart from the Pershing obstacle, the Secretary of State's Sinai accord was all but certain of swift approval after a final congressional roadblock was removed last week. Following meetings with Kissinger, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released official texts of the agreements the Secretary had worked out with Israel and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The release contained no surprises: the various protocols promising military, economic or diplomatic support to each side had all been leaked earlier. The reason that Kissinger had not wanted them published was to preserve the principle of confidentiality in international negotiations. On the strength...