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exerted a very negative influence on the economic development
of the country and on its international image, as well as the
living standards of its population. The negotiation and
achievement of agreements in the field of arms limitations and
disarmament were clearly the only way out of this dilemma.

Such a deep transformation of foreign policy and the
thinking of those involved in the decision-making process did
not happen overnight, and it was not without conflict. It took a
long time to achieve, it was painful and contradictory, and it was
accompanied by serious debates and even confrontations
between selected personalities within the Soviet leadership. The
best way to follow this process is to investigate the evolution of
the Soviet negotiating position at the arms control talks. The
following chapters are devoted to this problem.


Note
1. KGB Chief Vladimir Kryutchkov was later implicated as
one of the coup leaders in the August 1991 attempted overthrow of the
state. His son Sergey, in the meanwhile, had served the Soviet Union
with distinction as a member of the Soviet START Delegation. U.S.
Ed.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Big Five: Arms Control Decision-Making in the Soviet Union. Contributors: Aleksandr' G. Savel'Yev - author, Nikolay N. Detinov - author, Dmitriy Trenin - transltr, Gregory Varhall - editor. Publisher: Praeger Publishers. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1995. Page Number: 122.
    
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