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According to the New York Times, Sept. 17, 1985, “The Social Demo- crats and the East German Communist Party concluded a draft treaty (in June, 1985) that would ban the storage and pro- duction of chemical weapons in central hardcover hardcover and international affairs NELSON MANDELA: The authoritative and moving story of one of the world’s great leaders By Mary Benson A POPULAR HISTORY OF TWO REVOLUTIONS: paper Guatemala and Nicaragua $5.45 paper ~ hardcover -... and labour issues Europe. It was the first such accord between an Eastern European Communist party and a major Social Democratic party com- mitted to NATO.” The New York Times reported added, “the agreement would immediately affect chemical weapons stored in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and West Germany and later be expanded to include Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.” The paper also noted that in September, 1985 Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, had informed the West German Social Democratic Party that “in case of the estab- lishment of a zone in central Europe that would be free of chemical weapons, the USSR would be ready to guarantee and respect the status of the zone if the United States acted likewise.” Clearly, the technical problems of chemi- cal weapons verification and the political differences separating East and West can be overcome if the initial will for an arms con- trol agreement is there in the first place. It is obvious, however, that the Reagan adminis- tration is not interested in any kind of accord on chemical weapons and prefers instead to proceed with a buildup of these military forces as it has in the case of nuclear weapons. In the context of the political and military rivalries in Europe it is difficult to see how a limited European chemical weapons accord, ~ without the guarantee of the United States, could be established and maintained. How- ever, the draft treaty arrived at between the East Germany government and the West German opposition Social Democrats demonstrates that agreement in principle between widely divergent parties, is possi- ble. The East German-Social Demoratic accord will put pressure on the Reagan administration to desist in its cynical stalling tactics and get down to the serious business of reaching a U.S.-Soviet chemical weapons agreement. Richard Clements is a VeeeOuver Diectance writer who specializes in arms control issues. 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