The World - News from July 8, 1986
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The Soviet Union’s chief arms negotiator, Viktor P. Karpov, said he believes that an East-West agreement banning chemical weapons can be signed this year. He added that most major differences between Moscow and Washington over the ban have been resolved. Karpov, speaking at a news conference in Bonn, also said that new Soviet nuclear arms proposals made last month would allow the United States to continue laboratory research on a “Star Wars” space defense system.
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