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...Andropov plays a clever but ambiguous card in the missile game
...very words were calculated to convey an impression of Soviet flexibility and weary impatience with the U.S. "The Soviet Union has stated its readiness not to have in Europe a single missile and a single plane more than possessed today by NATO countries," said Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov. "We are told that in this event the Soviet Union would have more missile nuclear warheads. All right, we are prepared to reach agreement on the equality of nuclear potentials in Europe, both as regards delivery vehicles and warheads, with due account, of course, for the corresponding armaments of Britain and France...
...practical purposes has existed for 40 years anyway. But going about it this way is madness. The unrest in Europe and the steady worsening of East/West relations supply abundant proof that the U.S. can no longer maintain this surety while acting as if it does not exist. Andropov's remarks last week once again showed that if the talks fail, the West will have only itself to blame. If the Western alliance wants to be completely interdependent, then it should go ahead and do it. The NATO nuclear and conventional forces, including American weapons, should be completely integrated. They should...
LAST WEEK, Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov offered what could well be the last chance for success in the negotiations over Euromissiles. "The Soviet Union," he said in a major state speech, "has stated readiness not to have in Europe a single missile and a single plane more than possessed today by NATO countries." This offer of parity with British and French nuclear forces would require a Soviet reduction of intermediate-range missiles and warheads--a condition Andropov vowed could and would be met. However, the central requirement of the offer, and the central U.S. prohibition in the talks at Geneva...
This latest Soviet move throws new light on a basic American hypocrisy in Europe. True, the State Department replied with approval to Andropov's offer of counting warheads as well as missiles in the negotiations, calling it a "sign of progress." But the same statement reiterated American insistence on a solely bilateral approach. As far as the U.S. seems to be concerned, Western Europe should serve merely as a forward basing area for missiles which can easily reach all of European Russia. It's OK for us, to put missiles in your backyard, the Administration seems...