Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Byrd seeks a way to satisfy the Kremlin and the Senate...
...SALT hearings got under way last week, Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd was briefing his colleagues on the results of his visit to the U.S.S.R. and his surprisingly candid talk with Leonid Brezhnev. The West Virginia Democrat returned with some new ideas about how the Soviets might respond to the questions the Senate has been raising about the arms accord...
...Byrd was more than graciously received by Brezhnev at his vacation retreat at Yalta. The Soviet leader had sent his limousine to pick up his guest at the airport, 80 miles away. When Byrd drove up, Brezhnev was seated on the lawn and was wearing a batch of medals on his chest. He rose to shake Byrd's hand...
...Byrd presented him with a record album of his own bluegrass fiddling. Brezhnev then took Byrd by the arm-"he was a little unsteady," Byrd said-and they walked together into the vacation lodge and sat down at a long table in the splendidly paneled conference room...
...then Byrd's turn. He told the Soviet leader that he himself was still undecided on the treaty. He added: "I want to give you today a candid appraisal of the prospects for the SALT II treaty in the Senate. It is my opinion that if there were a vote today, the Senate probably would not approve the SALT II treaty. But much can happen between now and the final vote." Byrd then made his first suggestion: "It would be a significant help in the area of verification if we could have an indication that you could agree...