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EXCERPTS FROM SHULTZ'S NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT ARMS TALKS

Date: 09 January 1985

Following are excerpts from Secretary of State George P. Shultz's press conference in Geneva yesterday, as transcribed by The New York Times through the facilities of ABC News. Mr. Shultz began by reading the communique issued by the two sides. OPENING STATEMENT While the statement speaks for itself, I would like to give you my own views on what has been accomplished during these two days of meetings. From our perspective, these meetings represent an important beginning. We can't be sure where these negotiations will lead and, clearly, we have a long road ahead of us. There are many tough and complicated issues still to be resolved, but we have here in Geneva agreed on the objectives for new negotiations on nuclear and space arms. They have also agreed that these negotiations will be conducted by a delegation from each side divided into three groups. We came to Geneva with high hopes but realistic expectations. Our previous exchanges had confirmed that we were in general agreement that the problems of nuclear and space arms are interrelated and that both sides attach priority to achieving radical reductions in nuclear weapons as a first step toward their complete elimination.

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PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ISSUES;

Date: 10 January 1985

Following is a transcript of President Reagan's news conference last night in Washington, as recorded by The New York Times: OPENING STATEMENT Earlier today on his return from Geneva, Secretary Shultz reported to me on the full details of his discussions with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko over this past Jan. 7 and 8. As you're aware, his meeting with Mr. Gromyko has resulted in agreement between our two nations to begin new negotiations on nuclear and space arms. Our objective in these talks will be the reduction of nuclear arms and the strengthening of strategic stability. Our ultimate goal, of course, is the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate George Shultz, Bud McFarlane and the rest of our delegation for a job well done. Their teamwork in Geneva was American diplomacy at its best.

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PERES SAYS HE ORDERED AIRLIFT NEWS

Date: 09 January 1985

Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Parliament today that he had personally authorized a briefing and a statement by the Cabinet secretary confirming that Ethiopian Jews were being airlifted to Israel. The publicity is believed to be responsible for the suspension of the covert operation, which was said to have brought 7,000 people from the Sudan to Israel. About 4,000 other Jews are said to remain in camps abroad, and 6,000 to 8,000 in Ethiopia.

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IBM Credit In Offering In London, the IBM Credit

Date: 09 January 1985

Corporation offered $300 million of four-year extendible notes. The notes, which are noncallable for three years, were priced at par and carry a coupon of 10 3/8 percent.

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Networks to Present Reagan's Conference

Date: 09 January 1985

President Reagan's news conference tonight will be broadcast live at 8 P.M. on the ABC, CBS and NBC television networks, and on CNN, the Cable News Network. In addition, some local affiliates of the Public Broadcasting System will carry the conference, either live or taped. Channel 13, which serves New York City, will broadcast the conference at 11:30 P.M. In New York, these radio stations will offer live coverage: WABC, WCBS-AM, WINS, WMCA, WNYC-AM and WOR.

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MOSCOW PORTRAYS TALKS AS SUCCESS

Date: 10 January 1985

By Seth Mydans, Special To the New York Times

Seth Mydans

The Soviet press today portrayed the agreement between Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko as a success, describing the accord to open new arms talks as a victory for Moscow. The Government newspaper Izvestia even allowed itself a moment of jubilation, exclaiming, ''The talks are on!'' Six months ago Western diplomats were writing off the possibility that the Kremlin might return to arms negotiations. They said the Soviet Union's aging leaders were too insecure, too set in their ways, to take initiatives.

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Delivery of Missiles Resumed by Hughes

Date: 09 January 1985

AP

The Hughes Aircraft Company says it has resumed delivery of missiles to the Defense Department, which stopped accepting them last year after reports of shoddy workmanship at the company's plant here.

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SURVEY INDICATES A SHARP CONTRAST IN VIEWS ON MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN

Date: 10 January 1985

The American public holds sharply contrasting views about President Reagan's proposed defensive nuclear system in space, displaying confidence that the system could work but worry about its cost and its impact on the arms race, the latest New York Times/CBS News survey indicates. With men generally more enthusiastic about the system than women, 62 percent of the public said they believed it could work, but 54 percent said they believed developing it would ''make the arms race more dangerous than it is now.''

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WHITE HOUSE LINK WEIGHED BY STATIONS

Date: 09 January 1985

By Peter W. Kaplan

Peter Kaplan

Television news directors yesterday reacted with a combination of suspicion and acceptance to a Reagan Administration plan to help local stations conduct interviews with high Government officials through facilities provided by the White House. ''It's supposed to be a free press privately run,'' said Kevin Sullivan, the news director of WTVA in Tupelo, Miss. ''I think that aspect of this would scare some folks.''

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SOVIET TV SOUNDING A NOTE OF OPTIMISM ON GENEVA MEETING

Date: 09 January 1985

A Soviet television commentator portrayed the Shultz-Gromyko meeting on Tuesday night in a guardedly favorable light, saying that it had paved the way for a continued dialogue. The commentator, Valentin Zorin, said in a broadcast from Geneva that the meeting had made it possible for the Soviet Union to state its case. ''The clarification of each other's positions is also an important factor that facilitates the continuation of the Soviet-American dialogue,'' he said.

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