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Show Bureau gives support to MX of the Bureau of Politico Military Affairs, Af-fairs, to approximately 70 citizens of Iron and Washington counties which had traveled to the capital city to express ex-press support for the massive missile system. Burt also quickly pointed out that his office felt that a land-based intercontinental inter-continental ballistic missile in the Great Basin valleys of Utah and Nevada was the best alternative for deployment. Burt listed three reasons for the strong support of such a system. First, he said, was that the United States is no longer in a position of nuclear superiority with, the Soviet Union. He quoted then-Secretary of State Dean Husk, who said alter the Cuban missilecrisis in 1962: "We went eyeball to eyeball with the Soviets, and they blinked." However, continued Burl, the U.S. no longer has that capability or armament. ar-mament. "We no longer have that margin today.". The Soviets can hold our missiles hostage, he said, and we can't do that with them. Second, he noted, was that the United States must give a show of support for European allies who are deploying medium-range missiles in densely see BURT on page A3 This week the Iron County Record presents the third and final installment in a series examining the material presented to the approximately 70 southwest Utah citizens who traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of Utah-Nevada Utah-Nevada Citizens for MX. This article examines remarks by Richard Burt, director of the Bureau of Politico Military Affairs. By BRUCE LEE Record Editor WASHINGTON, D.C. - "There are some very compelling reasons in our view ... for going ahead with MX." The sentence above was the opening statement from Richard Burt, director Burt continued from page A 1 populated areas to counteract simHar USSR missiles. "They are going to watch us extremely ex-tremely closely," he said. "There is no way in the world our allies are going to follow our advice" if we don't deploy MX in our sparsely populated areas. Third, said Burt, the USSR simply won't negotiate on arms limitation agreements if they don't perceive the U.S. as serious. Kendal Bryant Michael Anderson Curtis Hunt ; Yrr ' ' Leoman Church David Leavitt Emron Tripp ( mbtt Darin Averett ft W 4 "..Ksfj"" Barry Hansen ' :') r-;yA .Jill! John Cannon |