A plague of 'hellish poison;' the superpowers are discussing chemical weapons - but won't ban them soon.

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: October 26, 1987| Author: Satchell, Michael | Copyright information

A plague of "hellish poison'

George Shultz is duty-bound to discuss chemical weapons in Moscow this week, but it is not an easy assignment. Once again Mikhail Gorbachev has applied his wonderfully simple formula for keeping the Reagan administration off balance: Saying yes where his predecessors said no. He has seized the high ground, urging elimination of what Winston Churchill called "that hellish poison' and agreeing to the detailed inspection that Washington once de...

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