Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/799

 PUBLIC LAW 95-384—SEPT. 26, 1978

92 STAT. 745

(2) Prior to any further withdrawal, the President shall report to Report to the Congress on the effect of any proposed withdrawal plan on pre- Congress, servinjr deterrence in Korea, the reaction anticipated from North Korea, the effect of the plan on increasing incentives for the Republic of Korea to develop an independent nuclear deterrent, the effect of any withdrawal on our long-term military and economic partnership with Japan, the effect of any proposed withdrawal on the United StatesChinese and United States-Soviet military balance, and the possible implications of any proposed withdrawal on the Soviet-Chinese mili' -^ * ^ tary situation. UNITED STATES RELATIONS W I T H THE SOVIET U N I O N

SEC. 24. (a) The Congress finds and declares that a sound and stable relationship with the Soviet Union will help achieve the objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, strengthen the security of the United States, and improve the prospects for world peace. (b) Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that the President, in cooperation with the Congress and knowledgeable members of the public, should make a full review of United States policy toward the Soviet Union. This review should cover, but not be limited to— (1) an overall reevaluation of the objectives and priorities of the United States in its relations with ithe Soviet Union; (2) the evolution of and sources of all bargaining power of the United States with respect to the Soviet Union and how that bargaining power might be enhanced; (3) what linkages do exist and what linkages should or should not exist between various elements of United States-Soviet relations such as arms control negotiations, human rights issues, and economic and cultural exchanges; (4) the policies of the United States toward human rights conditions in the Soviet Union and how improved Soviet respect for human rights might be more effectively achieved; (5) the current status of strategic arms limitations talks and whether such talks should be continued in their present framework or terminated and renewed in some other forum; (6) the current status of other arms control negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union; (7) the challenges posed by Soviet and Cuban involvement in developing countries and a study of appropriate policy responses and instruments to meet those challenges more effectively; (8) the impact of our relations with the People's Republic of China on our relations with the Soviet Union; (9) the impact of strategic parity on relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and on the ability of the United States to meet its obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty; (10) United States economic, technological, scientific, and cultural relations with the Soviet Union and whether those relations are desirable and should be continued, expanded, restricted, or linked to other aspects of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union; (11) the evolution of Soviet domestic politics and the relationship between Soviet domestic politics and its foreign policy behavior, especially towards the United States; and

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