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Defense Department officials denied a Washington Post report that the United States is ready to offer Moscow up to seven years notice before any American deployment of a “Star Wars” anti-missile defense. The Post report said that the Special Arms Control Policy Group, composed of senior Administration officials, agreed to the proposal as a response to Soviet demands for concessions on the Strategic Defense Initiative, as “Star Wars” is formally known. One Pentagon official said, “Not only has this idea not been discussed, much less agreed to, it would not make any sense.”
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