Anyone who wanted to create a new parlor game of Negotiations could find a readymade situation in Vienna last week at the preparatory conference on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in central Europe. The players: the U.S. and six NATO partners on the one hand, the Soviet Union and four Warsaw Pact countries on the other, plus "observer" nations from both blocs. The goal for the U.S. is to win eventual agreement on balanced troop reduction—that is, proportionately more troops withdrawn from central Europe by the Soviets, who have larger forces there and a shorter distance to travel. Conversely, the...
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