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...idea of a nonnuclear defense, practicable or not, has an appeal that will make it difficult for the Kremlin to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its allies. Though Andreotti told Gromyko that Italy shares Soviet concern about the presence of military weapons in space, he firmly defended the U.S. right to proceed with research on Star Wars technology. Britain and West Germany, while still harboring strong doubts about eventual deployment, have independently grown more interested in the research program's industrial potential; one key West German defense official predicts that it will lead to "a third technological revolution...
...sides could not resolve that you-first-Alphonse impasse, though they continued talking for a while. On nonnuclear issues, Reagan raised the subject of human rights; Gromyko replied simply that it was not an appropriate topic on this occasion. There was a bit of small talk at lunch, Gromyko chatting about his hobby of hunting, Reagan commenting that Americans are drinking more wine (a 1981 California Chardonnay was served, along with Russian vodka). Then the conversation returned to arms control and other serious subjects. Reagan described the meeting in his Saturday radio address as "useful" and aides said that despite...
...overwhelming nuclear blow against Soviet territory. Massive retaliation paradoxically required that the total forces on the Continent be kept below the level required for conventional defense. NATO did not wish to tempt Soviet conventional aggression by doing anything to suggest that a Western response would be limited to nonnuclear means. Hence the American conventional deployment in Europe reflected political, not military, criteria: it was intended to give us no choice about nuclear retaliation and to leave the Soviets no doubt that this would
After the bombing, the FBI explosives specialists found that the Marine building had been hit by "the largest nonnuclear blast that they have ever examined." Even if the truck had been stopped in the airport road, some 330 ft. from the building, damage would probably still have been severe. The report praised the military for providing medical care to trapped comrades with a speed that was "nothing short of heroic." It also had a consoling comment for Geraghty, saying that he had made a "virtually superhuman effort" to meet "monumental demands" after the blast even though "his situation...
...Soviets are not strong enough to attack, that deterrence works. Bailey Thompson, 34, editorial-page editor of the Shreveport (La.) Journal, recently returned from a three-week trip through the Soviet Union, and suspects that "they are changing their strategy in Western Europe, and may be contemplating a nonnuclear blitzkrieg." But he adds: "Right now, I don't see any possibility of overt action against the West." Michael Fitch, 36, an electrician from Waterford, Mich., puts it simply: "We have our missiles and they have theirs...