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...fitting memento of their meeting. The President and the Russian diplomat had just concluded what may prove to be the most productive round of strategic arms limitation talks since Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev and Gerald Ford set SALT II guidelines in Vladivostok in November 1974. At his press conference later in the week, Carter said that the Soviets "have been fairly flexible in their attitude and we have tried to match their cooperative stance ... We have narrowed down the differences to a relatively small number." To avoid raising hopes, the President added that "an immediate agreement...
...Vladivostok guidelines on the total number of strategic launchers allowed each side will form-as Brezhnev has long demanded-the core of a new eight-year agreement. The ceilings, however, will be lowered (perhaps as much as 10%) from the Vladivostok limit of 2,400 launchers (including long-range bombers) of which 1,320 can be armed with the cluster warheads known as MIRVS (multiple, independently targeted, re-entry vehicles...
...unexpectedly sweeping proposals for arms cuts, which Vance carried to Moscow in March. Since Carter's concepts would have required the Russians to give up existing (albeit aging) systems while the U.S. merely sacrificed weapons on the drawing board, it was not surprising-in retrospect-that Brezhnev thundered an unequivocal nyet (TIME, April...
...Soviets have been insisting that SALT II follow the guidelines approved by Moscow's Leonid Brezhnev and President Gerald Ford at their 1974 summit in Vladivostok. These allow each side 2,400 strategic missile launchers, of which 1,320 can be armed with MIRVs-multiple, independently targetable warheads. As clear as these guidelines may have seemed originally, they soon became mired in controversy. The U.S., for instance, has been insisting that the ceilings cover the U.S.S.R.'s new Backfire bomber; the Soviets reject this. In turn, Moscow argues that U.S. aircraft firing cruise missiles-relatively cheap, accurate subsonic...
...result of an increasing emphasis during the Brezhnev years on the production of consumer goods, Soviet auto output has multiplied from 350,000 cars in 1970 to 1.2 million last year - nearly as many as were turned out in Britain. The growth rate is certain to slow somewhat; last fall Moscow announced that during the next five years it will be redirecting $228 billion into agriculture from other investment programs, including the one for the auto industry. Nonetheless, auto production is expected to reach 2.1 million cars a year by 1980, about equal to U.S. output...