Shultz Urges NATO Allies To Increase Conventional Spending
Secretary of State George P. Shultz urged NATO allies to boost conventional forces spending after the scrapping of intermediate range missiles. He spoke in Copenhagen with Denmark’s Ellemann Jensen and plans to visit Norway West Germany and Britain as NATO debates defense budgets. Denmark aims to raise defense spending by 6 percent over inflation by 1992. opponents seek only inflation alignment. Denmark spends 2.2 percent of GNP on defense versus 6.8 percent in the United States.
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Bush Sees INF Treaty as First Step Toward Peace
Vice President George Bush called the intermediate range nuclear missile treaty a first step toward peace while warning that Gorbachev is no freedom loving friend of democracy. He praised the treaty's on site inspections and urged Senate ratification, noting broad support across liberals and conservatives.
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