and a very serious game it is, because the nuclear balance accepted by the United States and the Soviet Union in the last few years is threatened by recent technological progress on both sides - a threat which had provided the main impetus to the talks on Strategic Arms Limitation which got under way two years ago.
An agreement in this area could be of much greater significance than either the Test Ban or Non-Proliferation Treaties; and yet some of America's NATO allies are nervous about the implications for European security, and from Peking came angry charges of collusion against the Chinese people.
What do the Super-Powers really want? How likely are they to get it?
Presented by Ian McIntyre
Produced by GEORGE FISCHER
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