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Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford inaugurated the new stance by directing that the $5.5 billion Sentinel anti-ballistic-missile program be exempt from any of the budget cuts dictated by Congress this year. Though the ABM system is primarily designed to protect the U.S. against Chinese ICBMs, which are now said to be at least a year behind schedule, Clifford insisted that "current developments" force the U.S. to "press forward as planned with the Sentinel system." Opponents fear that this may even mean the eventual revival of the once-proposed (and rejected) larger ABM shield directed against Soviet missiles...
Despite these gestures, the white community has still pressured the school and the police to convict somebody. Anybody. The local Knoxville News-Sentinel has spoken of "black power intervention." Even the school's president mentioned students attending a "Black power meeting in Atlanta...
...effort to install new missile launchers, making inspection a relatively routine task. As for ABM systems, the Russians are not about to permit on-site inspection-or dismantling-of Galosh. Neither is a U.S. President likely to risk a political uproar by canceling plans for the "thin" $5.5 billion Sentinel system. A pact that would place severe limits on both systems, and keep down their enormous costs, is feasible, though on-the-ground verification is certain to remain a thorny issue, given the deeply ingrained fear of espionage that persists in Russia's closed society...
Defending the Administration's decision, Clifford underscored Sentinel's real value-as a deterrent to further Soviet moves in the ABM field. "If they [the Soviets] develop and deploy a workable ABM system and we do not," he declared, "we are at a disadvantage." His logic made an impact. By a 52-to-34 vote, the Senate defeated a move to eliminate funds for Sentinel from the defense budget...
Already pinched by a defense budget of $50 billion, up 15% since last year, the Kremlin seemed to seize on the Senate's vote as a chance to check huge military spending. It was a decision gratifying to both sides in the Sentinel debate. The system's opponents could claim credit for underscoring U.S. reluctance to pay for redundant weaponry. Its proponents could congratulate themselves for prompting Gromyko's move. Together, they proved that the shortest distance in rocket diplomacy between Washington and Mos, cow is often a circular line...