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...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...
Gorbachev replied by proposing what some Europeans called a "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...
Clearly taken by surprise, Shultz replied that such sweeping proposals must be discussed with American allies in Western Europe, whose security is at stake. But the more he and President Reagan pondered Gorbachev's offer, the more tempting it seemed. Meeting with the press back in the U.S. on Thursday night, after briefing the vacationing Reagan at the President's California ranch, Shultz asserted, "If we are placed in a box, it's a wonderful box to be in . . . We have been working from day one to bring about radical reductions in these weapons systems." Earlier, Reagan summarized Shultz...
Sure enough, Gorbachev raised the subject of denuclearization with Shultz. He proposed that after destroying intermediate- and shorter-range missiles, the superpowers negotiate about getting rid of short-range (under 300 miles) missiles and even battlefield nuclear weapons (for example, nuclear artillery shells). Shultz would not go that far. Asked in California if tactical nukes are on the negotiating table, the Secretary flatly answered no. He explained that "in order to have the ability to respond flexibly to any aggression from the Warsaw Pact forces, we have to have the different forces to be flexible with, and we will keep...
Foreign Ministers of the NATO countries meeting with Shultz in Brussels on Thursday seemed less than reassured. Leaving the session, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti admitted "there is fear of global denuclearization without adequate countermeasures," although his government made it plain that it supported the new approach. A French TV news analyst summed up a strong current of opinion in his country: "Zero option, yes. Double zero and triple zero, no." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, during her visit to Moscow three weeks ago, told Gorbachev that a "world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous...