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...scrap all intermediate-range Soviet and American nuclear missiles in Europe, and then by agreeing, at least in principle, to on-site inspection to make sure the missiles are gone. When the Western nations pointed out that this would still leave the Soviets with a distinct advantage in shorter-range missiles, Gorbachev outmaneuvered them with yet another concession. Before Shultz's trip to Moscow, Washington's insistence on strict verification looked like a potential stumbling block to a treaty. Until Gorbachev, the Soviets had never been willing to seriously consider the idea of foreigners poking around their missile sites...
Shultz went to Moscow last week to argue that an agreement on intermediate- range (600 miles to 3,400 miles) missiles must do something to redress the disparity in shorter-range launchers, those with a range of 300 miles to 600 miles. The U.S. proposal: freeze the number of Soviet missiles and let the U.S. install an equal amount in Europe...
...super-zero option." For once, TASS carried the most complete account of his talks with Shultz. In effect, Gorbachev said, We want to take warheads out of Europe, not put more in. So let's equalize once more at zero: we will get rid of all our European shorter-range missiles if the U.S. pledges not to bring any such weapons into the Continent. He implied this would be done within a year of Senate ratification of a treaty on INF (intermediate-range nuclear forces) weapons...
...April the government kicked off a campaign to restructure the economy with the release of the Maekawa Report, a project prepared by 17 eminent Japanese. The slender canon warned that Japan must consume more and export less if it hopes to achieve greater "international harmony" with its trading partners. Shorter work hours and longer vacations were encouraged so that people would have more time to spend their money...
...press conference that was broadcast by Soviet TV in its entirety. Peppered with hostile questions from Soviet journalists, the Prime Minister gave far better than she got. She correctly informed viewers that the Soviet Union possesses numerical superiority over the West in intercontinental ballistic missiles, in intermediate-range and shorter-range rockets and in the total number of nuclear warheads -- matters that are never brought up by Soviet leaders. "Don't ignore what you are doing in the Soviet Union," she admonished one of her questioners, who grew more rattled by the moment...