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“Today we are laying out how this simpli
fication could be achieved,” Schroeder said,
adding that the U.S. proposals, “although
simplified, will still be the most stringent
ever proposed in any U.S.-Soviet negotia
tions and will include on-site inspection.”
In Washington, State Department
spokesman Phyllis Oakley was asked
whether the new U.S. position drops some
intrusive measures, including inspection of
factories and intelligence monitoring sites.
She replied: “There are two major
changes in this. One is we have changed our
‘suspect site’ inspection proposal because
the opportunities for illegal missile activities
are significantly reduced when an entire
class of missiles and its infrastructure has
been eliminated.
“Also, we have dropped our requirement
for perimeter-portal monitoring. This was
done because the perimeter-portal mon
itoring system was designed to monitor the
flow of missiles from production and final
assembly facilities.
“With the production ban and the elimi
nation of all INF (Intermediate Nuclear
Forces) missiles within three years this
would be unnecessary.”
Shroeder would not give details of the
proposals, citing the confidentiality rule the
two sides have adopted in the talks.
He said the U.S. delegation “sharply re
jected suggestions in U.S. media reports
that we are backing off or softening our
proposals.”
On Monday in Washington, a U.S. offi
cial told the Associated Press on condition
of anonymity that the new American pro
posals would scale back demands for on-site
inspection of nuclear missile facilities.
He said they would lessen requirements
for surprise inspection of Soviet facilities
and exclude highly sensitive areas.
According to the official, Washington
wants to be able to send U.S. monitors to
Soviet sites with little advance notice, which
apparently would be more acceptable to the
Soviets than complete surprise visits.
Attention has focused on intermediate
weapons as the most likely area for quick
accord at the Geneva arms talks. The other
two negotiating groups deal with strategic,
or intercontinental, nuclear forces and the
combined field of space and defense.
Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev pro
posed Tuesday that a meeting of leaders of
the U.N. Security Council’s 15 member na
tions be held to discuss how money saved
through disarmament could be spent on
economic development. His ideas were ex
pressed in a message delivered to the
United Nations in New York.
Agreements on strategic arms and on
space and defense have been blocked by So
viet demands for limits on the U.S. Strate
gic Defense Initiative, the space-based de
fense system commonly called “Star Wars.”
The United States has rejected the de
mands.
Both sides say agreement on interme
diate arms may be close, but difficult issues
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I UNITED NATIONS (AP) —
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|Council agreed to his proposal
for a summit on disarmament
and economic development, a So
viet official said Tuesday.
|| The U.S. State Department re
jected the proposal Tuesday
.flight, saying the idea was “flawed
and untenable.”
I It had been considered un
likely that the United States, one
of the 15 members on the council,
would agree to such a summit. In
its rejection, the State Depart-
ent reiterated the U.S. position
at there is no link between dis-
irmament and economic devel-
pment.
Vladimir F. Petrovsky, a dep
uty Soviet foreign minister, had
id Gorbachev might also meet
ith President Reagan during a
/.S. visit, but that would depend
n whether more progress is
ade in U.S.-Soviet arms control
Iks.
“He would like to come to the
United Nations to attend a sum
mit of the Security Council but
the other members would have to
gree,” Petrovsky said in an inter
view. “He could also meet with
resident Reagan if there’s some-
ing for him to sign.”
Asked about the timing of such
eetings, Petrovsky said Gorba-
Ihev would be “willing to come
tomorrow” if the Security Council
agreed to his proposal.
Rumors have persisted for
months that Gorbachev might
visit the United Nations to ad
dress the U.N. General Assem
bly’s 42nd session, which con
venes Sept. 15 for meetings that
run until mid-December.
Petrovsky and other Soviet of
ficials have said a visit for that
purpose was not planned, but the
report of Gorbachev’s offer to
come to New York for a Security
Council summit was a new oppor
tunity for a U.S. visit.
Gorbachev proposed the coun
cil summit in a message Petrovsky
read earlier Tuesday to the 140-
nation International Conference
on the Relationship between Dis
armament and Development.
“It would be useful to discuss
in principle the problems of dis
armament and development at a
special meeting of top leaders of
member states of the U.N. Secu
rity Council,” Gorbachev said. He
did not say in his message when
he wanted the summit to be held.
The United States and the So
viet Union, as permanent mem
bers of the Security Council, have
veto power.
In his message, Gorbachev also
proposed that the United Nations
create an international fund into
which the savings from reduced
armaments would be distributed
to developing countries.
US. administration leaders consider
options for policy moves in gulf area
WASHINGTON (AP) — A di
lemma confronts the Reagan admin
istration as it plots its next diplo
matic moves in the Persian Gulf war.
It can mark time, hoping that
U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez
de Cuellar can persuade Iran to stop
fighting and to start negotiating with
Iraq. But the delay could provoke
Baghdad to resume the dangerous
“tanker war” in the Gulf.
Or the administration could seize
the initative and try to push an arms
embargo on Iran through the U.N.
Security Council. The risk there is
improving Soviet relations with Teh
ran and seeing the resolution
blocked by the Soviets or China.
As permament members of the
council, they both have veto powers.
While Moscow and Beijing joined
the United States in voting for the
cease-fire resolution July 20, punish
ing Tehran for not complying would
require them to take a strong stand
against Iran.
The Soviets, historically eager to
gain influence in the oil-rich, strate
gic country, may be reluctant to go
along. Deputy Foreign Minister Vla
dimir Petrovsky said Monday it was
premature to consider sanctions
while Perez de Cuellar holds talks
with Iranian Deputy Foreign Min
ister Mohammed Jawad Larijani.
The radical fundamentalist re
gime in Tehran has condemned
both the United States and the So
viet Union. Neither has much influ
ence in Iran.
Recently, however, the Iraqis have
seemed apprehensive about their
long-time Moscow ally and drawn
closer to the United States.
A diplomat who demanded ano
nymity suggested the Soviets were
seeking “short-range benefits” by
hesitating on sanctions.
The State Department is publicly
impatient with Iran, which has not
accepted the cease-fire order but
also not rejected it entirely.
As U.S. warships escort Kuwaiti
oil through the Gulf, the Reagan ad
ministration does not want to see the
tanker war resumed.
The U.S. frigate Stark was hit May
17 by an Iraqi missile, and 37 crew
men were killed.
Saudi Arabia vows to ‘deal firmly’ with Iran
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia
called Iran’s government a “group of terrorists”
Tuesday and said its forces would deal Firmly
with any Iranian attempts to attack this nation’s
Moslem holy places or its vast oil fields.
In Tunis, meanwhile, Arab League foreign
ministers decided to give Iran until Sept. 20 to
accept a United Nations Security Council resolu
tion calling for a cease-fire in its 7-year-old war
with Iraq.
“Saudi Arabia has enough defense capabilities
to repulse any Iranian aggression,” Interior Min
ister Prince Nayef warned Tuesday.
“In the past the Iranians tried to attack eastern
Saudi Arabia and had one of their warplanes
shot down,” he said. “We will not hesitate to deal
similarly with any aggression.”
Nayef, a brother of King Fahd, announced a
get-tough policy to head off any demonstrations
by Iranian pilgrims in the Saudi holy city of
Mecca, where hundreds died in clashes with po
lice last month.
His comments came hours after a senior Ira
nian cleric, Mahdi Karoubi, said pilgrims from
Iran would continue to stage political rallies in
Mecca. Karoubi was quoted by Iran’s official Is
lamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Cy
prus, as saying such rallies were a political obliga
tion for all Moslems in addition to the religious
rituals.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Arab Emi
rates, Mustafa Haeri, dismissed the impact of a
possible U.N. arms embargo as trivial and said
Iran was testing new missiles and was capable of
blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
Haeri said in an interview in Abu Dhabi that
Iran continued to buy weapons on the free mar
ket despite a loose Western embargo imposed
since the Iran-Iraq war broke out in September
1980.
A government official in Tehran, the capital of
Iran, meanwhile denied accounts by reporters
and U.S. sources of an encounter Monday be
tween U.S. warships and an Iranian warship, say
ing the reports were designed to show off mili
tary power. IRNA did not identify the official.
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There were conflicting reports on movements
of Kuw'aiti tanker movements. Shipping sources
said a new convoy sailed into the gulf Monday,
but the owners denied it.
Nayef warned Tuesday that Saudi Arabia
would not hesitate to shoot down any Iranian
plane that attacked the kingdom’s Eastern Prov
ince, site of the world’s largest oil fields.