Word: inf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Paul Walker, co-director of the organization for Peace and International Security welcomed the agreement as a positive sign in the overall quest for effective disarmament. He said he and his colleagues wished not only to voice their approval of the INF treaty, but also to convince members of the Senate to support...
...march was escorted by two Cambridge Police cruisers, and proceeded peacefully from the Common, through Harvard Sqare, and down Massachusetts Avenue toward Cambridge City Hall. Marchers carried signs and banners with slogans such as "The INF Treaty: A First Step," and "2000 Warheads Down, 48,000 to Go." The procession stretched for over a half-mile and took up an entire lane of Mass...
Today's summit talks could improve U.S.-Soviet relations if the two countries actually act on the proposed topics. Harvard professors today agreed, but their opinions of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty Reagan and Gorbachev are expected to sign varied...
While Pipes said the treaty allows the Soviet Union to project a more positive image abroad, Marshall I. Goldman, associate director of the Russian Research Center, said that the INF treaty is advantageous to the U.S. because the Soviets will have to destroy four missiles for every one that the U.S. destroys. Goldman, who will attend a lunch today at which Gorbachev will be present, explained that the Soviet leader must sign the agreement because his country has economic problems and cannot afford to spend so much money on missiles...
Mansfield said he felt the Soviets see the INF treaty as an opportunity to distance the U.S. from its European allies. He emphasized that although the Soviets are destroying more missiles than the U.S., the result will be to create a missile vacuum in Europe that will make the U.S. more vulnerable to Soviet pressure...