Ronald Wilson Reagan23 March 1983
President Reagans introduction of the Strategic Defence Initiative program in 1983 was viewed as a threat by the Soviet Union, and the Soviets withdrew from setting a timetable for further negotiations
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President Reagans introduction of the Strategic Defence Initiative program in 1983 was viewed as a threat by the Soviet Union, and the Soviets withdrew from setting a timetable for further negotiations
Reagan declares that the Soviet Union had violated its political commitment to observe the SALT II Treaty
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