Word: moratoriumon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week's end an official statement by TASS bounced the ball back into Reagan's court. The Soviets said there cannot be talks unless there is advance agreement on the subjects to be discussed. A Kremlin spokesman also insisted that a moratoriumon testing of space weapons must begin whenever the talks do. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes found some "good news" in the statement, claiming that it meant "the Soviets are coming to the talks in Vienna." He predicted that arrangements would be worked out "through diplomatic channels...
...talks are held in September, the Administration will have to scramble to formulate its own negotiating position. Top officials at the Pentagon oppose any limits on antisatellite weapons or a moratoriumon testing them. They want to test the newest such device in November. State Department arms experts, on the other hand, have been working on a variety of plans, including one that would permit each side to deploy one space-weapon sys tem to knock out relatively low-altitude satellites, while limiting the destruction of high-flying satellites that are currently be yond the reach of any existing system...
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