Soviets confirm arms offer
NZPA-Reuter Paris The Soviet leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachev, said last evening that the Kremlin had offered the United States a joint 50 per cent cut in strategic nuclear weapons. Mr Gorbachev made public the proposal, presented by Soviet negotiators in Geneva, in a speech at a reception given by the Speaker of the French National Assembly. He also announced a cut over the next two months in the number of Soviet SS2O medium-range nuclear missiles deployed against Western Europe. “A few days ago, we addressed to the Government of the United States a proposal to agree on a complete ban on both sides of offensive space weapons and a truly radical reduction of 50 per cen|.| in nuclear armaments capable of reaching the territory of the other side," he said.
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