DOLE, BYRD SELECT SENATE OBSERVERS FOR ARMS TALKS WITH SOVIETS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2009
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• Publication Date: January 4, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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(R - Kansas)
SH 141 Hart Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1985
CONTACT: WALT RIKER, 202/224-6521
LINDA PEEK 202/224-2939
DOLE, BYRD SELECT SENATE OBSERVERS FOR ARMS TALKS WITH SOVIETS
WASHINGTON -Fulfilling the recommendation of their arms con.t.rol
resolution, unanimously approved by the Senate yesterday, Senate
Majority Leader Bob Dole and Senate Minority Leader Robert C.
Byrd today announced that a bipartisan group of Senators has been
selected to join the official U.S. delegation as observers to any
arms control negotiations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Although the resolution pledges Senate support for the upcoming
Shultz/Gromyko meetings in Switzerland, the newly created
observer team.will not be going to Geneva.
Dole and Byrd joined together in the arms control resolution
on the opening day of the 99th Congress. Their resolution, which
hailed the Administration's commitment to arms control and
pledged Senate support for the Geneva meetings, called for the
respective party leaders in the Senate to appoint a team of
Senate observers.
The following members have been appointed:
Chairman: Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
Co-Chairman: Sam Nunn CD-Ga.) Malcolm Wallop ,(R-Wyo.) Claiborne Pell ?(D-R.I. )
Barry,?Goldwater (R-Ariz.) Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.)
Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) Edward. M.--Kennedy (D-Mass. )
Don Nickles (R-Okla.) Albert Gore-(D-Tenn.)
Senators Byrd and Dole, or their designees, will serve as
ex-officio members of the Senate delegation. Within this group,
Senators will serve as observers on a rotating basis, to be
determined by the Chairman and Co-Chairman. Senators Dole and
Byrd have authorized Senators Stevens and Nunn to work out addi-
tional details with the Administration.
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"This group of outstanding Senators has the kind of expertise
and commitment needed to deal with one of the most important
issues facing this nation. Our team underscores the deep
interest of the Senate, as an institution, in nuclear arms con-
trol," Dole said. "We intend to uphold our constitutionally man-
dated role in helping shape and confirm our country's arms
control policies."
"Any arms control agreement must be supported by a substan-
tial national consensus to stand the test of time," Senator Byrd
said. "The Senate's role is central to both the development of
that consensus and to the ratification or approval of any treaty
or agreement. The Senate will benefit by access to the negoti-
ating sessions established on a regular basis. I believe the
informal reactions and views of Senators to any ongoing talks
will be of real value to our negotiating team at a time before
final decisions on specific issues are made."
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