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Article: Reagan upbeat on arms cut // Prompt accord with Soviets called possible
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 27, 1987
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The United States and the Soviet Union are on the verge of a
historic treaty to reduce nuclear weapons, President Reagan said
Wednesday, a prospect he attributed to U.S. resolve and Moscow's
willingness to accept mutual benefits.
"We can wrap up an agreement on intermediate-range nuclear
missiles promptly," Reagan said in a speech in Los Angeles.
The president's optimistic assessment followed a new U.S.
proposal at the Geneva arms talks for less intrusive measures to
verify the agreement, plus a long-awaited concession by West Germany
to dismantle its 72 medium-range missiles once the superpowers have
scrapped all of theirs.
U.S. arms-control specialists said a treaty to eliminate ...