Syracuse Herald Journal in Syracuse, New York

Shultz says NATO to keep arms plan despite fears

Secretary of State George P. Shultz defended NATO plans to modernize short range arms rather than stripping Europe of nuclear weapons. He warned critics that reducing East West arms remains a low priority and emphasized Western unity after the US Soviet treaty to scrap intermediate range missiles. He spoke in Bonn and London amid travel disruptions and a Phantom of the Opera curtain call.