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Arms talks resume: Gorbachev offer 'we
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GENEVA Soviet delegates to talks on limit
ing nuclear weapons today formally presented to
U.S. negotiators the proposal by Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev to ban all nuclear arms by
the year 2000. But both sides refused to disclose
details.
"Of course we will introduce those proposals
today because we feel those proposals are the
key points for our discussion," Viktor P. Karpov,
the chief Soviet delegate, told journalists at the
Soviet mission before the two sides resumed
arms negotiations.
Gorbachev's plan, announced Wednesday night,
calls for a 50 percent cut in the superpowers
strategic missile arsenals and eliminating their
European-based medium-range rockets within
eight years, followed by a universal nuclear wea
pons freeze and, finally, worldwide nuclear
disarmament.
Karpov said that the proposal's first stage was
"a direct task" of the negotiators in Geneva.
U.S. spokesman Terry Shroeder said Thurs
day's session lasted two hours and 10 minutes
but refused to provide details of the talks, citing
the confidentiality agreement agreed by the two
sides when the talks began last March.
Max M. Kampelman, the chief U.S. delegate,
said after the two sides sat down at the negotiat
ing table that "the American delegation is here
in a constructive spirit anxious to find an
accommodation."
He said the U.S. side was "looking forward to
the day when the threat of nuclear war can be
removed."
Shroeder said Wednesday the Kremlin prop
osal would be "studied carefully."
Karpov, speaking to reporters, criticized the
U.S. proposal for a space-based missile defense,
known as "Star Wars," which has been the major
sticking point in the talks.
"The Star Wars program is very dangerous and
we feel that banning of that program is very
important for reducing arms, first of all nuclear
arms," he said.
Gorbachev said his arms reduction plan was
possible only if both superpowers "mutually
renounce the development, testing and deploy
ment of space strike weapons."
There was no announcement on when the next
meeting would be in the fourth round of arms
parleys in 10 months. But the talks were expected
to follow their usual pattern of one meeting a
week by each negotiating group space and
defense, intermediate-range nuclear forces and
long-range nuclear weapons.
Secretary of State George Shultz, speaking on
"CBS Morning News" about Gorbachev's prop
osal, said President Reagan "has long been cal
ling for the complete elimination of nuclear
weapons and he has said that the way to do it is
to start with radical reductions. So to the
extent that the Soviets are coming along to that
point of view, we welcome it; we welcome it
wholeheartedly."
In Moscow, the official Soviet news agency
Tass said Washington's reaction to Gorbachev's
plan will demonstrate whether the United States
is committed to ending the nuclear threat or just
paying lip service to peace.
In Washington, the White House on Thursday
cautiously welcomed Gorbachev's proposal, but
expressed concern that the Kremlin continues
to tie cuts in offensive weapons to the elimina
tion of the "Star Wars" program.
"At first glance, many elements in the new
Soviet proposal appear unchanged from their
previous proposals and cause us concern," spo
kesman Larry Speakes said.
Heagan said in a statement Wednesday that
he would give the plan careful study.
Speakes cited "the continued linkage of
reductions to a ban on 'space-strike arms,' " a
reference to the Strategic Defense Initiative,
more popularly known as Star Wars. "We believe
strategic defenses can make a significant contri
bution to stability in a world free from nuclear
weapons."
But the spokesman reiterated that the admin
istration considers it "a serious proposal worthy
of further study" and said "there may be some
constructive steps" in the area of verification of
each side's compliance with existing arms
agreements, particularly with regard to pro
posed on-site inspections of weapons tests.
"Other parts of the Soviet offer also require
more concrete detail, and we hope Soviet nego
tiators will explain their proposals promptly and
fully in the proper negotiating forums," Speakes
said. He added those details should be explored
at the bargaining table in Geneva.
n one
AIDS breakthrough
NEW YORK Researchers have
found the lock-and-key by which the
AIDS virus zeroes in on its target in
the body's immune system, raising
new hopes for a vaccine against the
deadly disease.
In a report to be published today
in Science magazine, the researchers
said the finding suggests new ways
of stopping or preventing AIDS in
fections, either by treating immune
MJs to rW't the AIDS virus or by
using drugs to attack the part of the
virus thai directs it toward immune
cells.
The new research, by Dr. J. Steven
McDougal and colleagues at the
Centers for Disease Control in
Atlanta, explains how the AIDS
virus is able to discriminate among
many white blood cells and infect
only the T-4 lymphocyte blood cells.
Farm chief elected
ATLANTA Dean Kleckner, an
Iowa hog farmer elected Thursday
hto head the nation's largest farm
j organization, said American farmers
I must "sell to the world" to over
l come their worst economic slump
since the Great Depression.
Kleckner, who succeeds Bob
Deiano as president of the 3.4 million
member American Farm Bureau
Federation, pledged to continue the
bureau's efforts to improve farm
income.
"Sell, sell, sell. That's got to be
our motto from now on," said the
53-year-old resident of Rudd, Iowa.
State lottery bill
LINCOLN Saying Nebraskans
should be allowed to speak, Sen.
John DeCamp of Neligh introduced
a constitutional amendment Thurs
day to establish a state lottery.
"This gives people a chance to be
involved," DeCamp said of his LR322.
"It let's the people speak and brings
it all to a head."
The proposal would allow the
Legislature to establish a state lot
tery that is deemed most efficient
and calls for regulations guarantee
ing that "improper elements" would
not be involved.
The amendment, which would be
placed on the 1986 general-election
ballot if it captures legislative
approval, would require that pro
ceeds from the lottery be used to
reduce property tax.
Escapees found
LINCOLN - Two Nebraska State
Penitentiary inmates who had been
missing for nearly 24 hours were
recaptured Thursday in a utility
pipe tunnel network beneath the
prison, a prison official said. They
offered no resistance.
Prison officials believed the men
disappeared about 6 p.m. Wednes
day. They were identified by prison
officials as Richard Harrington, 31,
and Fred White, 29.
Drug depresses
CHICAGO One of the most
frequently prescribed drugs in the
United States, used to control high
blood pressure and heart problems,
probably causes depression in
hundreds of thousands of the
patients who take it, a new study
indicates.
The drug, Inderal, is in a class of
life-saving medications called beta
blockers. They keep hormones in
the adrenaline family from stimu
lating the heart in times of stress.
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