2010.54.21147

Reykjavik
1986
35 in HIGH x 26.5 in WIDE
(88.9 cm HIGH x 67.31 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.21147

Printing information at bottom right:" _ Novasti Press Agency Publishing House, 1986".

Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "Reykjavik" with information on the Soviet-US summit on a nuclear-free era, in blue. At the top right is a stylized image of a dove with a hammer and sickle logo in the face and "At Reykjavik, / The USSR Made / The Following Proposals" in the body. At the right center is a list of five concessions the Soviets were willing to make, including eliminating missiles, reducing strategic offensive arms, introducing verification of nuclear weapon disposal, adhereing to the 1972 Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missiles, and beginning talks on nuclear test bans. At the bottom left is black text about the American response to the proposals, which included continued research and testing of SDI elements in the laboratory and in outer space. Below the text are stylized iamges of missiles. At the bottom right are horizontal red lines with black text between reading "Thereby, The Washington Administration Has Clearly Demonstrated That, Banking On America''s / Technological Superiority, It Still Hopes To Attain The Unattainable - To Achieve Military Supremacy / Over The USSR By Militarizing Space Through SDI."
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