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...Soviet proposal for a moratorium on nuclear-weapons testing had sat on the table since July, disdained by the Reagan Administration as a mere propaganda ploy. But with the Kremlin's self-imposed (and rather self-serving) testing freeze due to expire on Jan. 1, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev sweetened the offer. If the U.S. agreed to join the Soviets in a testing halt, he wrote President Reagan on Dec. 5, U.S. inspectors would be welcome in the Soviet Union to resolve questions about cheating...
...years of jawing over arms control, the supremely suspicious Soviets have steadfastly refused to permit foreigners to poke around their most sensitive military installations. Although Gorbachev's proposal was deliberately vague, the hint that the Soviets might be willing to lower their guard and allow on-site inspections persuaded Reagan to reconsider his flat refusal to talk about a test ban. Last week the President sent Gorbachev a letter, described by White House aides as "conciliatory," suggesting that experts from the two sides meet to discuss the verification issue...
...theory, a ban on underground nuclear tests would slow the arms race by making each side less confident that it could rely on new weaponry. It would at least be an important symbolic step. In mid-December, 46 U.S. Senators, including twelve Republicans, wrote Reagan urging him to resume test-ban talks to "demonstrate to the world that both you and Mr. Gorbachev are willing to take concrete steps to further reduce superpower tension." After years of tortuous arms-control negotiations, a test ban has the popular appeal of a quick and easy fix, harking back to the enduring...
...President Reagan is not eager to agree to a total test ban, even if verification procedures could be worked out. And any deal would surely meet fierce opposition from the Pentagon. The military, with support from the major weapons-research laboratories, wants to continue experimenting with its modernized nuclear arsenal, particularly technology that might be used to implement the President's Strategic Defense Initiative. Last Saturday at an under ground site in Pahute Mesa, Nev., northwest of Las Vegas, the U.S. exploded a device (code-named Goldstone) designed to channel the energy of a nuclear blast into a concentrated, powerful...
...emphasize that point, the Administration last week repeated longstanding charges that the Soviets have been cheating on existing arms-control agreements. "Soviet noncompliance," President Reagan stated in a report submitted to Congress, "has made verification and compliance the pacing elements of arms control today." According to the report, Moscow violated the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty by building a huge radar system in central Siberia, and the 1979 SALT accords limiting each side to one new ICBM by testing and deploying the SS-25 mobile missile. The Soviets argue that the radar station will be used for tracking satellites...