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If we are to avoid subsequent misunderstandings
and disillusionment, our own statements should be
clear and based on concrete achievements. I am
convinced that there is substantial common ground
on the range of areas we have been discussing in
connection with our forthcoming meeting, and I
would hope that this common ground can be expanded
during our meeting in Geneva.
You raised several specific areas in the security
field where this might be possible. Secretary
Shultz will be prepared to discuss all your ideas
in concrete terms while he is in Moscow. I
believe you will find that we are indeed prepared
to go our fair share of the way to ensure our meet-
ing is a productive one.
I do, however, want to address your response to
the proposals we had previously made in the Geneva
arms control talks, which was foreshadowed in your
letter and which your delegation subsequently
tabled in Geneva.
We have been carefully assessing your counter-
proposal over the last month. As I stated in my
address to the United Nations on October 24, I
believe that within it there are seeds which we
should nurture and that in the coming weeks we
should seek to establish a genuine process of give-
and-take.
In order to foster such a process, I have approved
a new and comprehensive proposal designed to build
upon the positive elements of your counterproposal
and bridge the positions of our two sides. I have
asked our negotiators to extend the current round
to permit your experts to achieve a full understan-
ding of our approach. This new proposal deals
with all three areas under discussion in the
Geneva negotiations. Its essence is a proposal
for radical and stabilizing reductions in
strategic offensive arms and a separate agreement
on intermediate-range nuclear missile systems,
both of which bridge US and Soviet ideas. We also
propose that both sides provide assurances that
their strategic defense programs are and will
remain in full accord with the ABM Treaty.
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