Word: russian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fitting memento of their meeting. The President and the Russian diplomat had just concluded what may prove to be the most productive round of strategic arms limitation talks since Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev and Gerald Ford set SALT II guidelines in Vladivostok in November 1974. At his press conference later in the week, Carter said that the Soviets "have been fairly flexible in their attitude and we have tried to match their cooperative stance ... We have narrowed down the differences to a relatively small number." To avoid raising hopes, the President added that "an immediate agreement...
...SALT II accord, but will appear in a separate protocol that will probably run for three years. Then the U.S., which opposed a drastic curb on cruise range, may have the right to upgrade its cruises, if necessary, to maintain their deterrent value (primarily their ability to penetrate Russian air defenses...
Vance and Gromyko made some progress during their May meeting in Geneva, but the Russian still blasted Washington for seeking "unilateral advantages" from SALT, and the Soviet press denounced the Pentagon for attempting "to stir up a new round in the arms race...
Says one observer: "The Saudis want a Palestinian state, but they wouldn't give a nickel to a radical one." Deeply fearful of Russian influence in the Middle East, the Saudis would almost certainly insist that the defense, finance and foreign trade of a Palestinian state be monitored or controlled by established Arab states...
...churches Marxism may teach that religion must wither away, but the state is forever trying to help the process along. Though the new constitution, like the old, "recognizes" religious liberty in the U.S.S.R., the government decides exactly how many churches can stay open. Today there are only 7,500 Russian Orthodox churches, a tenth as many as before the 1917 Revolution, and 1,000 of these are not, in fact, in operation...