|
|
Article: NATO Leaders Find Points of Agreement;Issue of Upgrading Nuclear Forces Avoided
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 4, 1988
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
NATO leaders wound up their first full-scale meeting in six years
today with a show of unity that sidestepped differences on upgrading
allied tactical nuclear weapons and gave broad endorsement to a
U.S.-Soviet strategic nuclear arms treaty that would cut superpower
arsenals of long-range nuclear weapons in half.
Speaking to reporters after the two days of meetings had ended,
President Reagan promised that the U.S. commitment to protect Europe
with nuclear and conventional forces would be maintained whatever
happens at his upcoming Moscow meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev.
"All of us understand the absolute necessity of maintaining the
credibility of our deterrent," Reagan ...