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...more dangerous for all of us." She defended Washington's Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars, program. Flatly contradicting Moscow's claims, the Prime Minister declared, "We know similar work is being undertaken in the Soviet Union." She then proposed that Washington and Moscow agree to a timetable for SDI research programs and commit themselves to abide by the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, at least for a time...
...January the scientists submitted a reportwhich they had rewritten to meet DoDdeclassification requirements but that reviseddocument has yet to be cleared. Scientists saidyesterday that Weinberger is holding uppublication because Congress is currently decidinghow much funding to allocate for SDI research...
...sure the report is fine, it'sWeinberger's office that is holding it up becausethey don't want to further hurt their SDI plans atthis moment," said a committee member, who spokeon the condition of anonymity...
...SDI officials denied that the report'spublication was being held up for politicalreasons...
...them it wouldn't be such a good thing torelease right now because Congress is hacking awayat the SDI budget this very minute," said anothermember of the committee speaking on the conditionof anonymity...