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NATO's approach to these negotiations, therefore, rests on two important principles: that maintaining strong and modern defenses is essential to our security and freedom.

Context

Statement on the Negotiations on Arms Reduction and Security in Europe

03/08/1989

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

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