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Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev responds to U.S. President Reagan’s arms proposal with readiness for strategic nuclear talks and an immediate freeze framework, while Atlantic Community reporting highlights NATO summit planning and Senate support. Additional items note El Salvador’s provisional leadership, rising unemployment in industrial democracies, and European Community defense of trade sanctions alongside IMF membership in 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strategic nuclear arms talks,in response toPresident Reagan's May 9 proposal made at Eureka,Ii-nois,which included a call for a cut of ballistic warheads\"to be reduced to equal ceilings at least a third belowcurrent levels.\"In responding,the Soviet leader said theUSSR“would be prepared to reach agreement that thestrategic arms of the USSR and US be frozen imme-diately.\"President Reagan expressed optimism that theSoviet response would open the way for early talks butfeared the proposal for a freeze would \"only codify exist-ing Soviet advantages.\"  \n# ALVARO MAGANA NEW LEADER IN EL SALVADOR\n\nThe Constituent Assembly in El Salvador selected AlvaroMagana,apolitical centrist,as provisional President of thecountry on April 29.A Chicago-educated economist andbanker,Mr.Magana is not formaly affiliated with any of ElSalvador's political parties and is expected to keep a bal-ance between extreme rightists who control the 60-member assembly and the reformist military and moder-ate Christian Democrats.His term is for one year.  \n## JOBLESS LEVELS SOAR IN INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES.\n\nUnemployment,which reached a post-World War Il highof 9.4 percent of the American work force in Aprilhasalso risen to record and near-record levels in Canada,France,West Germany,Britain and Japan,according tothe Department of Labor.British unemployment,thehighest among the Western industrial countries,rosefrom 11.3 percent in 1981 to 13 percent in the first threemonths of this year.  \n## EC DEFENDS RIGHT TO USE TRADE SANCTIONS.\n\nThe European Community defended its right to imposetrade sanctions against Argentina in support of Britain inthe Falkland Islands dispute before GATT on May 7.TheEC told the council of the 87-nation GATT(GeneralAgreeement on Tariffs and Trade)in Geneva that it hadexercised its inherent right to defend its security interestswhen it imposed anembargo on imports from Argentina.Argentina's representatives said the sanctions violatedArgentina's right to most-favored-nation treatment fromother members.No action was taken by the Council.  \nHUNGARY BECOMES MEMBER OF IMF.  \nThe Hungarian People's Republic became a member ofthe International Monetary Fund on May 6.Membershipin the Fund now totals 146 countries.Romania has beenthe only COMECON(Council for Mutual EconomicAssistance)country holding membership,and no actionhas been taken on Poland's November 1981 application.  \nMay,1982  \n# ATLANTIC COMMUNITY NEWS\n\nAt Summit,President to Propose NATOPool Resources,Senate Votes Support  \nThe Senate voted strong support for a proposal to bemade at the NATO Summit in June by President Reagan,forthe NATOallies to join the United States in agreeing tomoreeffectively pool their defense efforts and resources tocreate,at acceptable costs,a credible,collective conven-tional force for the defense of the North Atlantic Treatyarea.  \nIn an amendment to the Department of Defense authori-zation bill of 1983,the Senate on May 13 called upon thePresident,in order to assure the NATO allies that the policy\"has the full support of the American people,the Presidentshould work with the Congress in negotiating the imple-menting strategies,structures,policies and programs,andshould present such agreements with the European mem-bers of the Alliance acting on a united and collective basis,and with Canada,to the Congress for approval.\"  \nWith the NATO summit occurring in June,the Senategranted the request of the sponsors—Senators William Roth(R-Del),John Glenn (D-Ohio),and Sam Nunn(D-Ga)—thatthe amendment be brought to the floor although no com-mittee hearings had been held.Nor had it been decidedwhether the jurisdiction of the matter would be in theArmed Services Committee or the Foreign Relations Com-mittee.However,because\"timeliness was of the essence,\"aroll call vote was held,resulting in 87 votes in favor,oneagainst,the amendment ","cbCaivVX5USUC4lP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivVX5USUC4lP","pdf",1430257,"English","# 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