War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Fred Ikle, 1987 [1]
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Fred Ikle was Undersecretary for Defense for Policy during the Reagan Administration, and Director for the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1973-1977. In the interview he discusses arms control issues between the United States and the Soviet Union. He begins with Soviet deployment of the SS-20 missile, and the problems this created since the U.S. had removed its intermediate range missiles from Europe. He describes the Reagan Administration's approach to arms control, including the zero-zero proposal and the "walk in the woods" proposal. He then gives a brief account of Soviet aggressiveness and deceptiveness over the years, a history that leads him to urge caution in the arena of nuclear negotiations. Dr. Ikle also points to the far greater size of Soviet conventional forces as a matter of concern. He concludes by remarking that any arms control agreements will have a much greater political than military importance.
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