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"For the first time in history, the language of 'arms control' has been replaced by 'arms reduction.' "
-- Ronald Reagan
Washington Summit:
Before the Washington Summit began in December 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev announced that the Soviet Union would agree to eliminate intermediate and short-range missiles in Europe if the US and NATO would do the same -- with no conditions attached. The two nations agreed to destroy an entire class of nuclear missiles.
As Ronald Reagan predicted, the Soviets had concluded that they could not compete in an arms race. Negotiations and arms reductioms were the only sensible option. |