Nuclear Arms Control: The Freeze Debate Heats Up

The emergence of a movement to challenge the Reagan Administration's assertion that there is a national consensus skeptical of arms control and in favor of rearmament has set off a struggle for the domination of public opinion on nuclear weapons policies. The Administration now appears to be on (he defensive, in the past several weeks it has been more concerned about repudiating its critics If the White House does not prevail in this clash, it could be dragged into strategic arms control talks with the Soviet Union much sooner than it would prefer—perhaps before it is really ready— just as the strong antinuclear sentiment on the continent compelled an early (November 19, 1981) beginning to the bilateral discussions in Geneva concerning intermediate nuclear f orces (INF) in Europe

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