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...more years, in the hope of curtailing the development of a Star Wars system. In the past few months, he had hinted that the Soviets would be willing to accept an extension of 15 years, or even less. Reagan had offered a plan that would prohibit deployment of SDI for 7½ years. In Iceland both sides tentatively accepted a ten-year extension of the ABM treaty...
...Soviets insisted in Iceland that the treaty be "strengthened" to confine SDI research to the science lab. The first official statement that this was the Soviets' goal came in Gorbachev's interview with TIME in August of last year, when the Soviet leader said Moscow would not object to "fundamental research" on new space weapons. In the end, his definition of permissible research could not be reconciled with Reagan's plans to push ahead with SDI...
...outcome will inevitably intensify the controversy, raging at home as well as abroad, over Reagan's unyielding commitment to SDI. To many Americans, the entire Soviet ploy in Iceland might seem to be a setup, one that would give the Kremlin powerful propaganda ammunition in its current "peace crusade." Gorbachev was quick to blame the U.S. for the breakdown. Said he Sunday night: "Let America think. We are waiting. We are not withdrawing the proposals we have made...
...Reagan and his advisers, however, proceeding with SDI would remain necessary as an "insurance policy," as Secretary of State Shultz called it Sunday night, against the possibility of cheating by the Soviet Union or the development of missiles by another country. American officials also came to believe by late Sunday evening that the Soviet Union was not wholly sincere in its sweeping proposals; they began to seem more like a ploy to force the end of SDI. Indeed, the fact that Moscow would scrap the potential agreements that were reached because of the SDI dispute called into question their...
...strongly opposed. Among them: a one-year ban on nuclear testing, a proviso that would forbid Reagan to violate the limits set by the unratified SALT II treaty and deep cuts in Star Wars funding. But under public pressure from the President, Congress backed down on Friday, moderating the SDI cuts and settling for a nonbinding resolution urging Reagan to comply with SALT II. The House also retracted its demand for test moratorium; in return, Reagan promised to submit to the Senate for ratification two existing treaties that limit nuclear tests. Said Reagan of Congress's decision: "I'm delighted...