S.A.L.T. signing

Press, 2 July 1979, Page 16

S.A.L.T. signing

Sir, — Only politicians of a reactionary, Right-wing cast of mind like those United States senators opposed to detente or accommodation with the U.S.S.R., or a naive political immaturity could possibly oppose ratification of S.A.L.T. II on the specious grounds given by L. Westney (June 27). Nobody in the world can afford the luxury of opposing ratification of S.A.L.T. II however paltry its gains may seem, least of all the

United States senators, who had better seriously heed the warning issued by the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, (“The Press,” June 27) that failure to ratify the treaty, or any attempt to amend it would preclude resumption of negotiations and progress towards S.A.L.T. 111. Resumption of an unbridled arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union would only aggravate the sickness and instability of Western society noted by L. Westney. On the question of negotiation of arms limitation all other issues are irrelevant. — Yours, etc., M. CREEL. June 28, 1979.