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After the signing, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz gave Perez de Cuellar a statement saying that Washington reserves the right to "provide military assistance to parties in Afghanistan." It added that "should the Soviet Union exercise restraint in providing military assistance to parties in Afghanistan, the U.S. similarly will exercise restraint." Since Moscow seems determined to support its Afghan ally at least for a while, the decision all but guaranteed continued warfare in a struggle that has taken more than a million lives since the Soviet invasion of December...
...Soviet military assistance to Kabul. Since the superpowers' symmetry discussion has not been a part of the Geneva negotiations, it will probably be covered in a separate declaration. Speaking on U.S. television after a futile round of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz said, "Perhaps what we suggested . will be agreeable to them, but we still want to see the answer...
...says that after the Soviet Union's downing of a Korean Air Lines passenger jet in 1983, he quoted Reagan as saying the incident illustrated a "Soviet versus the world problem," and not antagonism between the superpowers. Speakes' book said that comment really came from Secretary of State George Shultz...
Speakes said he also credited Reagan with some of Shultz's suggestions for possible retaliatory measures...
While hailing the agreement, Shultz said, "the withdrawal of Soviet troops is obviously not the end of the matter." Negotiations will continue for the establishment of an interim government. "We know it's not easy. It will be hard," Shultz said...