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...immediately, its pronouncement served several useful purposes to the administration's foreign policy, especially as the two countries resume arms control talks this week in Geneva. The most immediate effect of the "zero-option" was to provide German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt with ammunition to use against Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Brezhnev went to Bonn last week with the unambiguous goal of exploiting policy differences between West Germany--the linchpin of the U.S. NATO alliance--and the U.S. Reagan's proposal gave Schmidt the opportunity to reaffirm the common desire of the U.S. and NATO governments for serious negotiations...
...SOVIET TALKS on theater nuclear forces in Geneva will show whether the usefulness of the "zero-option" ends with a face-lift of the American image or whether it will provide the basis for serious talks on the reduction of mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe. Brezhnev's offer of a freeze on missile production and deployment during negotiations will probably harden U.S. resolve to stick to its guns at the talks. Mindful of the Carter administration's disastrous bargaining attempts, the Reagan administration is steadfastly determined not to follow suit. Last week, administration officials acted quickly to hush...
Despite his Administration's anti-Soviet posture, Reagan has carried on a correspondence-three exchanges of letters since February-with Leonid Brezhnev, and he read from a letter he had written to the Soviet President while recuperating in the hospital from the assassination attempt: "Mr. President, should we not be concerned with eliminating the obstacles which prevent our people-those you and I represent-from achieving their most cherished goals?" Responding to ploy with gambit, the Soviet embassy in Washington released Brezhnev's letter of reply from last May. "We do not seek confrontation with...
...addition, Reagan proposed the renewal early next year of talks on strategic arms limitations, which have been stalled since the U.S. Senate blocked ratification of SALT II, signed by Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter in 1979. To emphasize that the goal of those talks should be a substantial reduction in the number of intercontinental missiles, Reagan urged that the negotiations should be renamed START, for strategic arms reduction talks.* Reagan also called for a cut in conventional forces in Europe and for better communication about planned military maneuvers to enhance East-West stability...
...talks on reducing nuclear forces in Europe, which are scheduled to begin in Geneva next week. A leading Soviet military specialist, Radomir Bogdanov, told TIME: "I know we are going to Geneva with a sincere desire to negotiate." And Central Committee Member Vadim Zagladin, a foreign policy adviser to Brezhnev, said in a Moscow press conference that Reagan's speech was an agreeable change from the U.S. President's past "bellicose" statements. Said Zagladin: "If in fact he now wants to be a peacemaker, then we can welcome this as a turn for the better...