PRIME MINISTER
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No, research is outside the Treaty.
Research is
outside the Treaty. They may well discuss it, they may
well not. I imagine the question will arise, but the
research is not one-sided. The United States is researching,
the Soviet Union has done research.
QUESTION
Based on those same conversations with the Soviet
and American leaders, do you have the impression that both sides are comfortable with the idea that they will be making
concessions to each other in order to achieve these gains?
PRIME MINISTER
But disarmament is about making concessions in return
for concessions of an equal amount and that is just exactly
why you do not make concessions without getting other
concessions in return. But that is exactly what negotiations
are about. I must have misunderstood your question somehow!
QUESTION
Is there a feeling of trust between the two parties đo you have a sense, now,/having talked to them?
PRIME MINISTER
I have a sense that there is a feeling on the side of
the Soviet Union and of course, as you know, there is on the United States, that they would both like to have balance at a