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Robert C. Byrd: “I do not think linking the treaty with Soviet misbehavior elsewhere is going to change one iota their misbehavior except…”

On the recordDecember 4, 1979
I do not think linking the treaty with Soviet misbehavior elsewhere is going to change one iota their misbehavior except to exacerbate it if SALT is rejected.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Dec 4, 1979

Editor's note · Context

Debating whether to link the SALT II treaty to Soviet conduct elsewhere.

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