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Emphasizing his own commitment to the SALT process, Kissinger explained that a major purpose of the arms control effort is to find a formula that preserves each superpower's "capacity to retaliate" against a nuclear strike, "thereby reducing the incentive and capacity for surprise attack." It is not enough simply to advocate a reduction in atomic arms, he added. Concern for national security requires building a huge weapons arsenal while the efforts are under way to build an enduring peace. Said he: "How to avoid nuclear war without succumbing to nuclear blackmail-this is the overwhelming problem...
...would not be needed for the strictly unilateral actions sought by Kissinger. He thus distanced himself from those Senators who have demanded fundamental revisions in the accord, such as Henry (Scoop) Jackson of Washington and Jake Garn of Utah. Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee has also been seeking major changes of the pact's provisions, but he hinted that his position might shift as a result of what he had heard from Kissinger. Kissinger indicated that he had no major worries about verifying Soviet compliance with SALT II, something that has bothered Senator John Glenn of Ohio...
...climate of insecurity that helped to demoralize the leadership of Iran and encouraged its opponents. The network of semiterrorist and guerrilla-trained organizations that the Soviet Union finances and supports has an impact on such situations. After all, Khomeini admitted-indeed avowed-that the PLO had been a major encouragement [in his revolution...
Tilting at the major parties...
...office towers: Energy Center I, the Petroleum Building and Anaconda Tower (the old copper mining company, now owned by Atlantic Richfield oil, is big in uranium). Construction of a 36-story Amoco Tower and a 23-story Energy Plaza will be completed next year. In all, 27 major office buildings are now going up. Work on two dozen more office complexes will begin in 1980. All this has transformed the once unimpressive skyline of Denver...