Senators to Reagan: Stand Firm
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
President Reagan held a final strategy meeting with national security advisers today on the eve of departing for next week’s superpower summit, and was urged by 39 senators to stand firm against Soviet demands for concessions on the “Star Wars” defense plan.
Reagan was pleased by the senators’ position because it gives him ammunition to counter any claims in Geneva that Americans do not support the strategic defense initiative, Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.) said.
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