Nomination of Edward L. Rowny: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Edward L. Rowny, of Virginia, to be U.S. Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations with the Rank of Ambassador, July 9, and 10, 1981 |
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Page 70 - Each party shall in exercising its national sovereignty have the right to withdraw from the treaty if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country.
Page 73 - Parties undertook to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating —to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and —to nuclear disarmament and —to a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.
Page 71 - If an agreement providing for more complete strategic offensive arms limitations were not achieved within five years, US supreme Interests could be jeopardized Should that occur, it would constitute a basis for withdrawal from the ABM Treaty...
Page 70 - Each Party undertakes not to deploy ABM systems for a defense of the territory of its country and not to provide a base for such a defense...
Page 94 - As President, I will make immediate preparation for negotiations on a SALT III Treaty. My goal is to begin arms reductions. My energies will be directed at reducing destructive nuclear weaponry in the world — and doing it in such a way as to protect fully the critical security requirements of our nation.
Page 28 - Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations who shall perform such duties and exercise such powers (under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State, acting through the Director) as the Director may prescribe with respect to international arms control and disarmament negotiations and matters relating thereto.
Page 13 - The Soviet Union has become the equal of the United States in long-range strategic forces and consequently more confident of her position, while America has become more uncertain of her interests. The question is whether our Western societies possess the internal coherence and faith in their own ideals 'to confront those societies that are led from the top downwards.
Page 83 - The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space.
Page 95 - You will note that to this point I have had little to say about arms control. I have done this because my six and one-half years with SALT have led me to the conclusion that we have put too much emphasis on the control of arms and too little on the provision of arms
Page 10 - national power is manpower, plus applied resources, times will." Mr. Chairman, once again, I wish to assure the members of this committee that I am and will remain committed to the task of seeking equal and verifiable arms control agreements between the United States and the Soviet Union. I believe there should be and can be agreements at lower levels of strategic potential, for only in this way can we hope to reduce the risk of outbreak of nuclear war. Such agreements would be in our interest, in...