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...improved economy and the prospect of a budget more nearly in balance would doubtless lift his domestic ratings. It remains to be seen whether more coherent and consistent explanations of the Administration's foreign policy will influence public attitudes, or whether the statistical evidence of public disagreement will harden from volatile views to firmly held opinions-with intriguing political implications for the President and his advisers...
Concerned that Moscow might nonetheless score a propaganda coup with its proposals, the White House released a detailed analysis intended to show that the Brezhnev plan would only harden an already overwhelming Soviet edge in nuclear weaponry in Europe. The Soviet Union, for example, now has 300 SS-20 missiles in place and capable of being targeted on Western Europe?up from 100 in 1979?while NATO currently has no land-based missiles that can hit the Soviet Union. "What [Brezhnev] is talking about," charged White House Counsellor Edwin Meese, "is a situation where, two-thirds of the way through...
...much public agonizing, he failed to come up with a mode for basing the MX and proposed that the U.S. develop both the B-l and Stealth bombers. In passing the Defense appropriation bill last week, the Senate accepted the B-l but rejected Weinberger's plan to harden existing silos for basing some of the new MX missiles...
...aircraft. His proposal to develop both the MX and the Trident-II missile calls for further analysis, however, since the Trident-II could just as well be deployed in Minuteman silos, or in any of the other MX basing modes thus far considered. Furthermore, the President's proposal to harden existing silos fails to address the problem of land-based IBCM vulnerability because it is impossible where they are threatened by a modest improvement in Soviet accuracy. A 30 per cent increase in accuracy, for example, can compensate for a tripling of the hardness of the silo...
...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 up reports that it had a fall-back position prepared in case...