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...some new, between the superpowers. They include intercontinental ballistic missiles (the subject of the now suspended START negotiations), intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe (currently covered by the INF talks, also suspended), space weapons, chemical arms, conventional forces and so-called confidence-building measures, like the prenotification of large troop movements. That sort of comprehensive approach would let the Soviets return to the negotiating table with a minimum loss of face. They had boxed themselves in by making the removal of the U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles that had just been installed in Western Europe a precondition of returning...
According to the broadcast, Westmoreland had engaged in "a conspiracy at the highest levels" of the military to "suppress and alter" intelligence data regarding enemy troop strength in the months before the January 1968 Tet offensive. Westmoreland, said CBS, omitted from the order of battle, the official estimate of enemy forces, some 100,000 self-defense, secret self-defense and political cadre. Westmoreland's suit challenges the CBS charge that hi doing so he deceived President Lyndon Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff about the Westmoreland growing military threat facing U.S. servicemen...
...would mend fences with Peking before its East bloc allies did. But so far all attempts at rapprochement have foundered. The Chinese complain about the "three obstacles" of Soviet foreign policy: Moscow's support for the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea, continuing Soviet involvement in Afghanistan and the massive troop buildup along the Chinese border. The Soviets, for their part, have been irked by the apparent warmth in U.S.-Chinese relations following the Reagan visit to Peking last spring, and accuse the Chinese of trying to pick a fight with Viet Nam. In June the Chinese foreign-language weekly Beijing...
...Torch for his high-powered manner, was asked by CBS Attorney David Boies whether these forces were armed. Komer laughed. "We never could find these people," he said, "much less determine whether they were armed." Responding to CBS charges that Westmoreland and others had felt pressure to produce upbeat troop-level estimates, Komer added, "At no time did anyone ever give me an order with regard to ceilings or preconceived limits...
...soft-spoken Texan, Merrifield is a graduate of UCLA and the 19th Nobelist to be associated with Rockefeller. He is the father of six children and for a while was the leader of a Boy Scout troop. When not at the lab, he spends his time happily tinkering around his house in Cresskill...