After six more weeks of wrangling in Geneva, the U.S. and Russia wearily announced that they cannot even agree on what to talk about in the latest round of disarmament talks.
The Soviet Union's Delegate Semyon K. ("Scratchy") Tsarapkin insisted that the opening agenda be confined to the Soviet proposal that all nations cut their defense budgets by 10% to 15%. While rejecting this as another unenforceable Red propaganda ploy, the U.S. consented to debate it—but only along with such American proposals as a freeze on nuclear missile and warhead production. This Scratchy scratched.
Before returning to Washington for consultations on the...
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