[19820310]IP0195N_核武器冻结运动：供全国辩论的问题.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress NUCLEAR WEAPONS FREEZE MOVEMENT: ISSUES FOR NATIONAL DEBATE IP0195N I s the American public increasingly against nuclear weapons? Are U.S. and other world leaders paying too much attention t o arms production and too l i t t l e attention t o arms control? Have the fear and likelihood of a nuclear war increased? These issues are being debated i n local communities and increasingly among U.S. policymakers. The grass-roots movement t o ban the bomb has already been endorsed by over one million people through local and State referendums. A recent Gallup poll concluded t h a t over 314 of Americans favor a 50% reduction i n nuclear arsenals by both the Soviet Union and the United States. The nuclear weapons freeze movement has recently gained the attention of Congress. On March 10, 1982, Senate and House resolutions were introducted which requested the President t o negotiate an immediate nuclear weapons freeze with the Soviet Union, followed by major reductions on both sides. Another congressional proposal c a l l s for the President t o negotiate with the Soviet Union a long-term, mutual and verifiable nuclear forces freeze, but