Gorbachev calls for global nuclear safeguards and anti terrorism pact
Gorbachev urged the United Nations to establish an international system of safeguards against nuclear disasters and to agree on measures against nuclear terrorism. He cited 32 U.S. and 10 European sabotage cases, pushed for codified conventions, and warned against using accidents to worsen state tensions.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Chernobyl
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
West
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Sweden
Norway
Kremlin
Europe
Yuri Dubinin
Washington
United States
Reagan Abandons SALT II Treaty, Sparking Allied Debate
The United States admitted that President Reagan’s decision to abandon the 1979 SALT II treaty sparked vigorous debate among Western European allies. The State Department said allies were consulted and their security is inseparable from U.S. security while Adelman suggested allies may rate Soviet violations differently.
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Reagan
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United States
State Department
Kenneth L. Adelman
U.S
Adelman
White House
Pentagon releases secret Stealth bomber cost figures
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger disclosed cost estimates for the Advanced Technology Bomber in a one page fact sheet. The Stealth program is projected at 36.6 billion dollars for 132 aircraft, versus 26.5 billion for 100 B 1 bombers. Each Stealth plane would cost about 277 million dollars, higher than the B 1 B at 265 million. The ATB is slated to be operational in the early 1990s. Congress faces a choice this year on funding the Stealth or continuing with the conventional B 1 program.
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Defense
Caspar Weinberger
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Weinberger
Defense Secretary
Polish dissident Bujak charged with plotting against government
Polish authorities charged Solidarity underground leader Zbigniew Bujak with attempting to overthrow Poland's constitutional order by force. The government linked him to foreign centers while U S diplomats denied any knowledge of his whereabouts or harboring. Urban cited an embassy invitation as evidence though embassy officials denied involvement.
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Poland
Zbigniew Bujak
U.S
Solidarity
Labor Federation
Bujak
Solidari
Jerzy Urban
Jak
Urban
Jack Harrod
Paul Smith
Shuttle panel to urge review of craft faults
The presidential commission on the Challenger disaster will urge NASA to review multiple shuttle components beyond the faulty solid rocket joint. It warns against quick fixes and calls for stronger joints, enhanced crew input, an escape option, improved internal communication, streamlined decision making, and bolstered quality assurance.
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New York Times
Washington
Presidential Commission
Space Agency
NASA
White House
Pelton says FBI did not seek him as counterspy
Ronald Pelton testifies in his espionage trial that FBI agents never told him they wanted him as a double agent against the KGB. He says an interrogation before his arrest suggested a deal, and notes he collected 35000 dollars from the Russians for NSA interception details.
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Ronald Pelton
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