Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba It Winnipeg free wednesday september focus prospects dim for arms control by Jim Klurfeld new Day United nations one sense the soviet american agreement announced last week to begin negotiations on nuclear weapons in Europe represents a major breakthrough it is the first cooperative decision Between the Reagan administration and the Krem after months of hostile rhetoric and no High level the two super Powers finally will begin substantive arms but in another sense there is less than meets the Eye there Are Strong indications that in agreeing to begin these talks both the United states and soviet Union Are motivated by factors other than arms the Reagan having been battered by Public opinion in Europe and witnessing what Many experts believe is the most serious Strain in the nato Alliance since its Ince knows it must give the impression that it is interested in arms control even while its chief policy makers admit that they have profound doubts that arms control negotiations can they Are now moving Moscow makes gains the having already made great strides with detente in Europe even while it Dies on the Vine want to continue to exploit the differences in the Alliance and prevent the deploy ment of a new generation of nuclear weapons aimed at at the soviet heart and so Are ready to sit Down in but most arms control experts be Lieve that achieving an agreement to limit nuclear weapons in Europe called theatre nuclear forces will be even harder than it was to reach an agreement on limiting strategic nuclear weapons in the Salt ii that which took three administrations and seven years to has not been approved by the Senate and is rejected by the Reagan adm Nistra the arms control experts ask How any Progress can possibly be made on theatre nuclear forces when the Rea Gan administration has not even Stab Haig left and Gromyko agreed to hold talks to limit the use of theatre nuclear weapons in but both were probably seeking Only to influence european Public listed a position on strategic arms negotiations and the future of Salt limitations on theatre weapons Are directly related to an agreement on strategic and the technical problems involving issues As verification Are far More the Competition for Public opinion in Europe was in evidence at the United nations last week on Secretary of state Alex Ander Haig clearly caught soviet for eign minister Andrei Gromyko off balance by soft dealing the ant soviet rhetoric in his speech to the general he concentrated on the need for economic development in the third Western diplomats said the soviets had expected another rhetorical probably similar to the one Haig delivered just the week before in on tuesday the text of Gromyko speech to the general As Sembly was and soviet officials said parts of the foreign minis ters speech were being who has been addressing the world body for two delivered the Hartline ver Sion of his Standard the added lines talked of the soviets desire for a cooperative relationship and stressed that the Kremlin did not want a confrontation with but the impression was one Western Diplomat said that Gromyko did every thing but remove his shoe and Pound the just minutes after Gromyko finished state department spokes Man Dean Fischer told reporters that president Reagan had sent a conciliator resounding letter to soviet president Leonid the letter emphasized Washington desire for a peace Ful relationship and improved rela that the americans were paraphrasing the letter even As Brezhnev was Reading it instead of sending it a week in As has been done before was a Strong indication that this was More propaganda than it was a Good performance by the said a High ranking West Ern european the russians just cant react your administration is at least trying to give the impression than it is not Bent on confrontation with the that is what has worried Many of on Haig and Gromyko met for four hours in their first meet nothing was said thursday morning it was officially announced that the negotiations on atre nuclear forces would begin in Geneva at the end of it was an announcement that had All but been concluded before the Hai Gromyko but there is no substantive indication that the Reagan administration has changed its attitude toward arms con tool the As stated by Reagan and is that the soviets have used the past talks to Lull the americans into a false sense of Security and gain an advantage in the arms whereas the Nixon and Ford admin under Henry and the Carter under Cyrus saw arms negotiations As the Centrepiece of soviet american rela this administration has repeatedly said that the International Community has overestimated the value of arms control in affecting soviet behaviour and promoting even in his relatively conciliatory Haig repeated that the most forthright expression of the administrations views on arms control was probably issued by Eugene the head of the arms control and disarmament Agen at his confirmation hearings in to is a statement that helps put the events of last week in Rostow said arms limitation agreements can help to reinforce the state of peace when it already or when it is close to being the they cannot do so where the will to peace is and the rules of peace Are not fully accepted and Rostow said the soviets do not have a will for the soviet drive for Empire is accelerating in he and becoming More and More difficult to contain and to single Success the Only really successful arms con tool agreement Rostow cited was the rus Bagot agreement signed Between the United states and great Britain in limiting the level of naval Power on the great Rostow said the treaty worked because there was a general political understanding then about the limits of it was Clear from the tone of both the Haig and the Gromyko speeches and the Early reports on their meeting that there is no such agreement now Between the americans and the so they Are in disagreement about almost every part of the from the persian Gulf and Mideast to South East from Central America to Eastern Kissinger tried to use arms control negotiations to modify the Overall so vie american Vance said talks were so important that they must be conducted independently of the Overall relation this administration has said the Overall relationship must improve before arms control talks can the talks on theatre nuclear weapons will begin in but until the Overall context of soviet american re lations an agreement seems cameraman athletes court sport specialist one solution simple color printing athletes world is a store you can depend on for All your court sport we carry Over 45 types of Brand name court shoes for volleyball and our Well informed staff caters to the professional and Amateur alike with helpful advise on any sport and every Purchase is backed with a written Nike Meadow Al purpose court shot the mesh upper assures comfortable play even in hot weather or 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