Word: soviet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Which of these two theories is correct? Perhaps both, in part. The Administration itself is divided over how to interpret Soviet behavior in Geneva. Some of those who strongly advocated normalization with Peking, for example, understandably minimize the impact of that move on U.S.-Soviet relations. But arguments that the China policy stalled SALT seem to have more adherents, especially at the State Department, where a number of veteran diplomats had expected some kind of reaction from Brezhnev to Carter's move...
Whatever the reason for the Soviet stalling, the U.S. was not planning further concessions. Though the issues raised by the Russians were minor, any softening at this late stage of the talks could make it more difficult for Carter to obtain the two-thirds Senate support required for SALT'S ratification. As it is, Carter is being criticized for demanding too little from Peking in exchange for normalization and for not warning Moscow strongly enough against meddling in Iran...
...Johnson and a SALT negotiator under Nixon, has an intimidating expertise on defense matters, and has been stumping the country expressing his reservations about SALT II. A cool, persuasive debater, he argues that the pact that seems to be taking shape would leave U.S. land missiles vulnerable to a Soviet first strike...
...would be decided, will probably be led by Democrat Jackson. Before it reaches the floor, the pact has to pass through his Subcommittee on Arms Control. He argues that while the pact establishes numerical equality in weaponry, it fails to take into account the greater size and power of Soviet missiles...
...many now predict, would change the equations of power, from Egypt and Ethiopia all the way east to Pakistan. The helplessness of the U.S. to shape events in Iran is beginning to sap Saudi Arabia's confidence in the ability of the U.S. to protect the region from Soviet penetration, a hazard that some American officials fear is every bit as threatening as the Soviet thrust into Europe of the late 1940s and early 1950s. As a result, the Administration intends to deliver a stern warning to the Soviets through private channels not to exploit the situation...