The World - News from July 23, 1986

The United States and the Soviet Union began special talks in Geneva on compliance with the unratified second strategic arms limitation treaty, which President Reagan says he is prepared to abandon. A press statement issued by the U.S. Mission at the end of the session said, “The United States has agreed to this session as a sign of our desire that the Soviet Union join us in establishing an interim framework of truly mutual restraint.”