Word: icelander
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...associated with the proposal does not mean that it is a trick. He has his own needs and pressures and it may well be that the cost of holding out for SDI is not worth the cost of forsaking the proposals which came so close to being accepted in Iceland...
WHILE REAGAN AND Gorbachev almost agreed to eliminate nuclear arms in Iceland, they remained far apart on eliminating the nuclear threat. Any complete and carefully plotted agreement would have to address both problems; they are inextricably intertwined. Star Wars technology may never serve to defend the U.S. against an all-out nuclear war, but it seems realistic, perhaps likely, that some form of the space-deployed system could be a guarantee against minimal numbers of nuclear weapons held by the two superpowers or by any third party. Once nuclear weapons had been significantly reduced or eliminated--and elimination must...
...Iceland meeting was the catalyst for the complete destruction of nuclear weapons. Star Wars, or some derivative, is the key to removing the nuclear threat. Without both, Reagan and Gorbachev cannot create a stable world. Without Gorbachev's acquiescence on the Star Wars issue or some compromise that ensures the development of an adequate defense, America should not accept the Soviet terms for arms control...
...Geneva session, which an administration official said may be held as early as Friday, will test whether Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's attempt to sidetrack the U.S. "Star Wars" program in Iceland will carry over to the negotiating table...
...main U.S. objective will be to formalize Gorbachev's apparent acceptance in Iceland of Reagan's proposal that Soviet intermediaterange warheads in Asia by reduced to 100 from the current level...