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Arms Control Negotiator Paul Warnke Dies

Paul Warnke, one of the foremost American arms control negotiators of the Cold War, died on October 31 at the age of 81. According to Leslie Gelb, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Warnke was an influential supporter of the "view that fewer nuclear arms were better and that new weapons didn't necessarily bring stability". In a long and distinguished career, put at risk by his opposition to what he described in 1998 as the "tragic mistake" of the Vietnam War, Warnke rose to lead the US team to the strategic arms limitation (SALT) talks with the Soviet Union in the late 1970s. He also served as Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) under President Carter.

Report: Cold War arms negotiator Warnke dies, Associated Press, November 1.

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