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Reagan said that late on Sunday afternoon he made "an entirely new proposal" to Gorbachev: "a ten-year delay in deployment of SDI in exchange for the complete elimination of all ballistic missiles from the respective arsenals of both nations." It was the Soviet leader, Reagan said, who balked. "The General Secretary said he would consider our offer only if we restricted all work on SDI to laboratory research, which would have killed our defensive shield...
...press conference, occurring almost simultaneously in a nearby theater, Gorbachev sat behind a wooden table and spoke in sober, measured tones. "I must say the Americans came to this meeting empty-handed," he charged. But Gorbachev held out hope that even the failure in Iceland would produce a new impetus to the arms-control process. "I think the President and ourselves should reflect on this entire situation that has evolved here," he said. "We have traveled a long...
...officials, back in 1972, who first convinced the Soviets that defensive systems should be restricted on the ground that they actually give impetus to the arms race by encouraging development of bigger and better offensive weapons. That resulted in the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, which is still in force. Gorbachev had proposed, earlier this year, that both sides agree to abide by the ABM treaty for up to 20 more years, in the hope of curtailing the development of a Star Wars system. In the past few months, he had hinted that the Soviets would be willing to accept...
...Soviets insisted in Iceland that the treaty be "strengthened" to confine SDI research to the science lab. The first official statement that this was the Soviets' goal came in Gorbachev's interview with TIME in August of last year, when the Soviet leader said Moscow would not object to "fundamental research" on new space weapons. In the end, his definition of permissible research could not be reconciled with Reagan's plans to push ahead with...
...outcome will inevitably intensify the controversy, raging at home as well as abroad, over Reagan's unyielding commitment to SDI. To many Americans, the entire Soviet ploy in Iceland might seem to be a setup, one that would give the Kremlin powerful propaganda ammunition in its current "peace crusade." Gorbachev was quick to blame the U.S. for the breakdown. Said he Sunday night: "Let America think. We are waiting. We are not withdrawing the proposals we have made...