Washington deftly returns a suggestion for Star Wars talks
The suspense continued to build. Will U.S. and Soviet negotiators meet across felt-covered tables in Vienna next September, a mere two months before American voters choose a President? If they do, the most acrimonious breakdown in nuclear-arms-control talks between the superpowers in 15 years could be at an end, and one of the Democrats' most formidable campaign complaints about Ronald Reagan will be weakened. If they do not, the political argument will focus on who should bear most of the blame.
The Kremlin formally suggested on June 29 that talks be held to...