Talk:Nuclear freeze

I was active in the Nuclear Freeze movement, and there was NO KGB involvement. Randall Foresberg was a brillant analyst whose idea was supported by many military people, retired generals. The Freeze actually came within one vote of winning endorsement from the House of Representatives; I believe that was in 1983, just before Reagan invented SDI. --Joan Slonczewski —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.28.12.192 (talk) 17:40, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

I recall that Reagan's counterproposal to the "freeze" was the so-called "zero option"--the complete elimination of short and medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe. This eventually led to the Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) treaty which removed all American and Soviet missiles from Europe. Any takers?

Zero Option stated that the United States would offer to cancel deployment of its Cruise missles and Pershings if the Soviets would disamntle not only their SS-20s, but also their SS-4 and SS-5 missles. "Zero option" was intentioanlly non-negotiable, more of a propaganda exercise than a serious arms control proposal. Reagan White House officials later confirmed that they did not expect the Soviets to take their proposal seriously, and was designed to co-opt the freeze movement rather than reduce nuclear arms in Europe. Trueslicky 05:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Drop KGB mention
After the fall of the Soviet Union, several former agents of the KGB revealed to the Western press that the KGB had financed many of the U.S. and European groups advocating the freeze.[citation needed] The KGB operation was known as Operation RYAN (Raketno Yadernnoe Napadenie). I deleted this comment as it was unverifiable, and unnecessary. There was never any proof that the KGB infilrated and supported the freeze movement any more than other spying efforts pursued by the KGB- or the CIA for that matter- in American actions. First-hand accounts of the drafting and development of the freeze movement make it clear that KGB involvement would be ridiculous: since anything that couldn't be verified would be frozen, and since Reagan defense officials said before Congress that they would not want to switch arsenals with the Soivets, a freeze would've left the Soviets in a position of inferiority. Why would the KGB pursue that? --Trueslicky 05:38, 23 January 2007 (UTC)