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...foreign policy, Reagan faces no challenge so compelling as producing something tangible from his new, more pragmatic approach to U.S.-Soviet relations. In a surprise move last week, Moscow agreed to allow Reagan to speak directly to the Soviet people on New Year's Day, and Gorbachev will likewise address the American people. The Soviets have long resisted giving the persuasive and telegenic Reagan such exposure, but apparently changed their minds in the hope that Gorbachev could raise U.S. expectations for the summit...
...salvation for mankind, a foolproof way of rendering the nuclear threat impotent. The pragmatist in the President may realize that some sort of compromise on SDI, perhaps an agreement to forgo its development and deployment phases for a time, might be the only way of winning Soviet agreement to deep cuts in the mounting arsenals of offensive weaponry. Indeed, the single most fateful decision of 1986 could be whether or not the U.S. renews its commitment to pursue the space-age project that not only may be the costliest in history but also could change forever--for better or worse...
...Soviet proposal for a moratorium on nuclear-weapons testing had sat on the table since July, disdained by the Reagan Administration as a mere propaganda ploy. But with the Kremlin's self-imposed (and rather self-serving) testing freeze due to expire on Jan. 1, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev sweetened the offer. If the U.S. agreed to join the Soviets in a testing halt, he wrote President Reagan on Dec. 5, U.S. inspectors would be welcome in the Soviet Union to resolve questions about cheating...
...real significance of the verification issue goes far beyond nuclear testing. Actually, on-site inspection is not essential to a test ban, since seismic devices placed outside the Soviet Union can detect most underground nuclear explosions. The Soviets have even shown a willingness in the past to allow seismic sensors on their soil with direct satellite links to the U.S. Inspections of missile installations are a different matter, however, and have become a major sticking point of arms-control negotiations...
...emphasize that point, the Administration last week repeated longstanding charges that the Soviets have been cheating on existing arms-control agreements. "Soviet noncompliance," President Reagan stated in a report submitted to Congress, "has made verification and compliance the pacing elements of arms control today." According to the report, Moscow violated the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty by building a huge radar system in central Siberia, and the 1979 SALT accords limiting each side to one new ICBM by testing and deploying the SS-25 mobile missile. The Soviets argue that the radar station will be used for tracking satellites...