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By SEN. JOHN WARNER
R-VA
The United States Senate is currently carrying out its Constitutional role in providing advice and consent to ratification of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces, or INF treaty. The Foreign Relations Committee, the Armed Services Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence have been conducting hearings on the treaty for almost a month.
I am privileged to serve on both the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees. Our objective is to ensure that the treaty contains no serious ambiguities or loopholes, is effectively verifiable, and contrib* utes to our overall national security objectives.
During the recent recess, Senate Majority Leader Byrd (D,wV) led a bipartisan Senate delegation, of which I was a member, to five NATO capitals to assess the attitudes of NATO leaders on the INF treaty, the post-INF period and the new Soviet leadership. The delegation met with the heads of government in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Turkey and Italy.
Leaders in each country we visited urged that the Senate ratify the INF treaty without amendments that would reopen the negotiations or delay ratification. All pointed to the INF treaty and to the events that made it possible as a tribute to Alliance cohesion and cooperation. The Reagan Administration received high marks for closely consulting with allied governments parallel to the negotiations, and continuing those consultations across the entire spectrum of Alliance issues.
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