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American readers should know how strongly millions of Europeans support the Reagan-Gorbachev agreement. Opinion polls in nine West European countries all showed overwhelming majorities in favor.
Yet this spring NATO chiefs will meet to ”compensate” for ending the medium-range missiles by deploying them instead on submarines and military aircraft.
This deliberate attempt to evade the Washington pact is nothing less than cheating. If successful, it would undermine the treaty and also wreck hopes of a 50 percent cut in long-range weapons.
It would be tragic if this chance of halting and reversing the fatal arms race is lost. We profoundly hope that congressmen will pay regard to our feelings.
