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...fight within the Administration for a "broader" interpretation of the treaty, which emphasizes an appendage that may allow the development of systems based on "physical principles" that were unknown when the treaty was written. The State Department agreed that this interpretation is "legally correct," but Secretary of State George Shultz has so far been able to prevent the Administration from abandoning the more restrictive reading that has been in force for 15 years...
...Washington, State Department officials studiously avoided any suggestion that a trade was in the works. Spokesman Charles Redman refused to confirm or deny that the U.S. and Israel were preparing a deal. As speculation about secret diplomacy grew last week, Secretary of State George Shultz gave vent to some undiplomatic anger. Speaking to an American Legion delegation, he declared, "We want to raise the cost to those animals that hold the hostages." Yet Shultz, a strong advocate of last April's U.S. bombing of Libya to punish Leader Muammar Gaddafi's support for terrorism, shied away from any hint that...
Meanwhile, in Congress, Secretary of State George Shultz offered no response when Representative Robert Torricelli (D.-New Jersey) told him during a hearing the U.S.-provided weapons were having a "dramatic" impact in Iran's favor in its war with Iraq...
Weinberger confirmed previous statements from Secretary of State George Shultz that the United States had provided intelligence information to Iraq in its long war with the Iranians...
...where Shultz has previously denied knowledge of similar assistance to the Iranians, Weinberger said he was aware they had received intelligence information, as well...