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...forces in Western Europe by two-to-one in men, tanks and artillery. On the important central front in West Germany, Soviet tanks are five times more numerous than NATO forces. Gorbachev has only hinted at possible negotiations on conventional weapons, and only after he has succeeded in reducing INF and strategic nuclear forces--NATO's only counterbalance to Soviet tanks and troops...
...made the evaluation of prospects for such a far-reaching agreement in a television interview with anchormen from the four major networks four days before Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives for a summit and the signing of a treaty to ban intermediate-range nuclear missiles, known as INF...
Reagan said opposition to the INF treaty among conservative Republicans, including most GOP candidates for president, was "based on a lack of knowledge" about what is in the agreement...
Gorbachev arrives in Washington on Monday on his first visit to the United States. He and Reagan will sign the INF treaty on Tuesday and hold meetings through Thursday on a possible 50 percent cutback in strategic weapons and other subjects...
...Reagan Administration began lowering expectations before Shevardnadze's arrival. After expressing perhaps too much disappointment at Gorbachev's initial rebuff, Washington shrewdly turned coy. "The point is to get substantive things done, not just to have a summit," said Shultz, noting that an agreement on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) could be signed without a full-dress meeting of the two heads of state. Still, he was not ready to slam any doors. "There is an invitation open to Mr. Gorbachev," Shultz said. "And when he is ready to accept it, we will be ready to receive him." The next...