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Gorbachev's initiative will make it ever more difficult for Reagan to put forth a public case for pursuing his Star Wars program. Said the Soviet leader: "Instead of wasting the next ten to 15 years by developing new weapons in space, allegedly designed to make nuclear arms useless, would it not be more sensible to eliminate those arms?" Reagan is caught in a public relations bind: it will be difficult for him to explain convincingly why he is prepared to scuttle a plan to rid the world of nuclear missiles by insisting on the right to build a defensive...
Gorbachev is obviously seeking to put Reagan on the defensive, which he has. The Soviet leader's proposal is deftly crafted to appeal immediately to many West Europeans who are anxious about nuclear missiles stationed on their soil or aimed at them. The President will now feel pressure to demonstrate progress toward a deal when the two meet in Washington for their second summit, possibly as early as June...
...Ronald Reagan came into office proclaiming that his goal would be significant reductions rather than merely limits on nuclear weapons, as his predecessors had attempted through the SALT process. (Carter had proposed the same idea in 1977, but backed away when the Soviets balked.) Moscow walked out on the negotiations in late 1983 in reaction to the U.S. deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe, but spurred by the desire to prevent Reagan from proceeding with his Strategic Defense Initiative, it returned to Geneva early last year to open a new round of negotiations...
...During Reagan's term, both sides have shown a propensity for publicly unveiling sweeping new proposals on the eve of important talks, partly as propaganda. Gorbachev's latest gambit follows in this vein. It also follows in the thus far fruitless tradition of proclaiming the goal of total nuclear disarmament. But the goal is no less worthy than when Baruch spoke of the choice facing the world at the dawn of the atomic age 40 years...
...Dole likes nothing better than salting his conversation with wry barbs, often aimed at Bob Dole. He even pokes fun at his presidential ambitions, which are complicated by the fact that this year he will frequently find himself at odds with Ronald Reagan or congressional Republicans or both over issues like tax reform and the budget. "I've been trying to keep one foot in 1988," he noted as he relaxed on a plane trip from his native Kansas last week. "Or one toe maybe. I may not have a foot...