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SEGRISSIFED 8 b. THE DELEGATIA SHOU D CONTINUE EMPH SIZE THE NEED FOR COMPLIANCE TH, EXI TING ARMS ONTROL GREEMENTS, NOTING OBSTACLE A CE N THE PATI 05 CHI VING ARMS REDUCTIONS BY SOVE NO COMPLIANCE A so IETS RAISE MATTER OF US EXCEED NG ALT LIMITS. DE EGA ION SHOULD UNDERSCORE THAT US OLI Y DECISIONS ON THE SALT I INTERIM AGREEMENT ASD s LT II IN LARGE PAR RESULTED FROM SOVIET NONCOMP IAN E WITH THESE A REB ENTS. THE DELEGATION SHOULD si bre THAT THESE AG ra NTS ARE BEHIND US, BOTH AS OF LEGAL. OBLIGATION AND AS A MATTER OF POLICY COMMITMENT. THE US HAS MADE A STANDING OFFER OF ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW INTERIM FRAMEWORK OF MUTUAL RESTRAINT FOR STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE WEAPONS. OUR FOCUS. HOWEVER, SHOULD BE ON PROGRESS IN NST TOWARD EARLY AGREEMENT ON RADICAL AND STABILIZING REDUCTIONS IN THE OFFENSIVE NUCLEAR ARSENALS OF BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION YY 1 1 11 SSIFIED CRET