Tipster Topic Description
Number: 069
Domain: International Relations
Topic: Attempts to Revive the SALT II Treaty
<desc> Description:
Document will report an attempt by the U.S. House of Representatives or a
European country to revive the SALT II Treaty ceilings on weapons in order to
limit President Reagan's military build up.
<smry> Summary:
Document will report an attempt by the U.S. House of Representatives or a
European country to revive the SALT II Treaty ceilings on weapons in order to
limit President Reagan's military build up.
<narr> Narrative:
A relevant document will describe an attempt to push the U.S. Administration
to adhere to the limits on weapons proposed in SALT II. To be relevant the
document must identify what group is pushing the policy and what methods they
are using to influence the U.S. Administration.
<con> Concept(s):
1. SALT II, treaty, ceiling, missiles
2. House, Senate, President, Europe
3. war, enemy, fight
<fac> Factor(s):
<def> Definition(s):
SALT II - Treaty signed by Carter and Brezhnev in 1979 limiting the number of
several categories of strategic weapons which the Soviet Union and the U.S.
would build and deploy. The treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate, and
expired in 1985.