Word: inf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cannot permit the benefit of medium-range weapons from Europe the reduction in longer-range INF [Intermediate Nuclear Force] missiles, for example, to be undermined or circumvented by continuing imbalance in shorter-range INF, missiles, in which the Soviets have an advantage," Reagan said...
Perle's resignation came just as the U.S. unveiled its verification scheme at the INF talks. Some critics see the strict provisions as a major impediment to quick negotiation or perhaps even the death knell for an INF agreement. Perle shares none of this skepticism. He is confident, he said, that the "U.S. is on the verge of a breakthrough . . . which will for the first time eliminate an entire category of weapons...
During an appearance in the White House briefing room in Washington, Reagan said: "I welcome the statement by Soviet Secretary-General Gorbachev on Saturday that the Soviet Union will no longer insist on linking agreement on reduction in INF (Intermediate Nuclear Force) to agreements in other negotiations...
Reagan said he would bring U.S. negotiators home for consultations at the end of this week and, "following these discussions in Washington I will send a team back to Geneva to take up once again the detailed negotiations for an INF reduction agreement...
Gorbachev set the stage for the grim Sunday denouement on Saturday morning when he plucked a typewritten page from his briefcase. The paper summarized his wide-ranging set of new proposals, including cutting the strategic arsenals of both sides by 50% and eliminating intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) from Europe altogether. Gorbachev called for ten more years of strict adherence to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, a provision that would prevent SDI from producing "weapons of any new type which would provide military superiority to that side." He also made clear that the missile cutbacks were linked to curtailment...