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...completed an extensive and accelerated series of tests on their most modern intercontinental weapons, while the U.S. has yet to test its own equivalents. A moratorium would thus give them a public relations victory without costing them any military ground. "They don't have any more to do," President Reagan said in a press conference last week. So far this year, however, nine underground explosions have been announced for the U.S. v. five for the Soviets...
Looming on the horizon is November's Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Geneva, where the Soviet offer of a test moratorium could become an important Soviet trump card if the U.S. has made no further moves by then. Already, Reagan is suggesting that he might be amenable to a "permanent moratorium" after the next round of U.S. tests. But his advisers are hedging. Said National Security Council Spokesman Edward Djerejian: "We are not proposing any new initiative...
...Director William Colby took the podium to defend the need for covert actions. Joan Mondale, wife of the former Vice President, made the case for government funding for art. Former Representative Shirley Chisholm attacked Reagan Administration cutbacks in social programs...
Late in the week, South Africa's Foreign Minister Roelof F. ("Pik") Botha met in Vienna with six Reagan Administration officials, including National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane and Chester Crocker, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. U.S. officials refused to disclose precisely what was said at the meeting, which was called at South Africa's request and lasted for five hours. Certainly it included a review of the current state of emergency and the general situation in South Africa. According to U.S. sources, the meeting was blunt and serious in tone. American representatives emphasized the need for Pretoria...
Foreign Minister Botha and other South Africans at the meeting seemed genuine in their willingness to discuss alterations in the present system, though they were somewhat short on specifics. On Friday morning McFarlane reported to President Reagan on the trip. The Administration decided to remain noncommittal until it has a better idea of exactly what the South Africans have in mind. One concern is that Pretoria might appear to be seeking Washington's approval as a way of reducing international criticism of the state of emergency...