ABSTRACT
In the field of arms control, there are two main Soviet objectives. The first is the denuclearization of Europe. The second objective is obviously to constrain any Western modernization. This aim can be traced back to Marshall Ogarkov's concern about the West being able to take advantage of technology in the long run; this is why the Soviets have proposed that asymmetries in favor of one side be eliminated either by reductions or right to match the superior force. France feels that this is reason to retain a 23 multilateral nation negotiating framework—to include the possibility that dual-key systems are included. A global ceiling—calling for equality in numbers of certain types of weapons throughout the Atlantic to the Urals zone—appears dangerous for several reasons. The struggle for conventional stability will be a political contest; the West must give priority to the political meaning of its proposals rather than to the negotiability and the reductions it could expect.
