Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Meredith Corp. never dreamed that the issue would become a major problem when its station WTVH in Syracuse broadcast some ads in favor of a nuclear power station in 1982. But the Syracuse Peace Council charged that the company had violated the Federal Communications Commission's "fairness doctrine" by failing to broadcast any material opposing the nuclear plant. The FCC, which receives thousands of such complaints every year (and generally does not act on them), somewhat reluctantly decided that Meredith had indeed broken the rules. But Meredith went to court, arguing that the 38-year-old FCC rule violated...
...public, at least, Armacost downplayed the dispute. He described the nuclear discussions as "very frank and, I believe, useful." Further talks, he said, would follow. But Pakistani Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan was more direct. He indignantly declared that acceding to any U.S. inspection demand would be "an affront to our self-respect and harmful to our national interests...
...more than a decade Pakistan's determination to have the capacity to build nuclear bombs has strained relations with the U.S. That issue returned to the surface last week, threatening to undermine vital areas of cooperation between Washington and its most important strategic ally in South Asia. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Michael Armacost arrived in Islamabad with a tough message: Pakistan must submit to on-site inspection of its burgeoning nuclear facilities or risk the suspension of a $540 million military- and economic-aid package. The government of President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq firmly rejected...
That high-stakes cooperation is being seriously compromised by the nuclear $ issue. Last month, long after the schedule for Armacost's visit was completed, Arshad Pervez, a Pakistani native who holds Canadian citizenship, was arrested in Philadelphia and charged with trying to export to Pakistan 25 tons of a special steel alloy used in the enrichment of uranium for nuclear weapons. A federal grand jury has since indicted both Pervez and a resident of the Pakistani city of Lahore, retired Brigadier Inam ul-Haq, for conspiring to illegally export strategic materials. U.S. investigators suspect that the Pakistani government is behind...
Nothing would revive the President's leadership more solidly than reaching agreement with the Soviet Union on a sweeping reduction in intermediate-range nuclear missiles. This would raise the remote possibility of a cutback in strategic missiles, whose numbers have continued to grow, albeit at a slower rate, under past treaties. However he may be diminished by his Iran-contra adventure, Ronald Reagan is unlikely to go down in history as a mere potted plant. In his final 16 months as President, he may yet carve out a more elevated niche...