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Gerasimov opened his talk with an affirmationof the Soviet's desire to achieve a moratorium onnuclear testing. "We are sincere in this nucleartest...
...again, making a disarmingly simple offer that seemed hard to refuse. If the U.S. would follow the U.S.S.R. in halting all nuclear testing, said the Soviet leader, the agreement would be "some kind of prologue" to eliminating nuclear weapons. In a televised speech, Gorbachev announced that his moratorium on underground testing, which began in August 1985, would be extended for a fourth time, to Jan. 1, 1987. He even suggested that a comprehensive test-ban treaty might be signed at a summit meeting with President Reagan this year...
Seeing nothing new, the Reagan Administration's response was swift and negative. "A nuclear testing moratorium," said White House Spokesman Larry Speakes, "is not in the security interests of the United States, our friends or our allies." The Administration reiterated its objections: the U.S. must continue testing to check the reliability of its stockpiles, a ban could not be properly verified, further testing is needed to develop new warheads for the nation's modern arsenal. The President's aides do not like to mention that a ban would also slow development of the Strategic Defense Initiative...
...campaign has been effective, particularly in Western Europe (with the notable exception of France), and some analysts think the U.S. should be more flexible. Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger faults the Administration for "losing the initiative" in the arms-control game. He suggests that the U.S. resist a complete moratorium but negotiate either an agreement for a lower test- blast ceiling (up to 15 kilotons) or a quota system limiting the number of detonations...
Schroeder's death marked the end of a valiant struggle for life, but it renewed debate about whether there should be a moratorium on permanent implants of the Jarvik-7 heart. Though Schroeder lived a record 620 days -- almost a third longer than Artificial Heart Recipient Murray Haydon, who died in June -- it was a seesaw survival that mixed moments of triumph with stretches of pain and anguish for both him and his family. "It's incredible how many times he had medical complications that would have finished a normal person," says DeVries...