Word: salt
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...could not be limited by SALT II. Schmidt was fearful that Jimmy Carter would sign a SALT II treaty that would let the SS-20 run free while restricting the introduction of new American weapons in Europe. in order to assure Schmidt's support for the embattled SALT II treaty and to make amends for a series of bungles on other European defense issues, the Carter Administration agreed in 1979 to the "two-track" approach. The U.S. would set about putting new missiles in Europe by 1983 unless it could reach an agreement with the U.S.S.R. in the meantime that...
...from the outset, a risky and deeply flawed concept. The next round of SALT like the previous ones, was to be bilateral, between the two superpowers, with no chairs at the table for West European representatives. The U.S.S.R. has persistently tried to include British and French nuclear weapons on the agenda, but the U.S. is just as adamant about discussing only Soviet and American forces. Unlike the US.S.R.'s Warsaw Pact satellites, the U.S.'s NATO allies are truly sovereign states, and Britain and France have refused to let the U.S. bargain with their independent arsenals...
Following through on his campaign denunciations of SALT II as "fatally flawed," Reagan came into office hoping that he could set arms control aside until the U.S. had a chance to rearm. He decided to leave the treaty unratified, although he reluctantly went along with the State Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff in committing the U.S. to continue abiding by its terms. So much for the West Europeans' hope that a new round of SALT might obviate the need for new American missiles in their countries. A series of official statements, leaked documents and new Pentagon programs suggested that...
...able to deploy, given the turmoil in Western Europe. Besides, it goes very much against the grain of the Soviet military to dismantle even antique weapons in accordance with deals that their diplomatic comrades make with the U.S.S.R.'s principal adversaries. Only very reluctantly did the Soviets agree in SALT to tear down small numbers of some of their most outmoded strategic weapons...
...been hinting in Geneva that if the NATO deployments went ahead as planned, they might walk out of not only the INF talks but the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), which are proceeding in parallel. The Soviet proposal in START is for reductions well below the ceilings established by SALT II. But that proposal is contingent on there being no new missiles in NATO. Last fall the Soviets seemed to be backing away from their threat of a walkout, since it conflicted with the image of infinite patience they were trying to convey...