The Americans were insisting on full compliance with the arms-reduction agreement, even though they knew what the problem was, and even though he'd given Fowler his word face-to-face that everything would be done.

Mr. Kozyrev said Ukraine's decision was "very disturbing" because it raised questions about all arms-reduction agreements.

The Soviets will put impediments in the way of concluding and implementing various arms-reduction agreements.

Mr. Reagan, who built his public career as a strong anti-Communist, is said to have become convinced in the last year or so that arms-reduction agreements would earn him a place in history.

Some will find employment in their own country storing and disassembling the many weapons scheduled for destruction under arms-reduction agreements.

Mr. Gorbachev's immediate hope for cutting military outlays depends on negotiated arms-control and arms-reduction agreements with the West.

In the statement with Mr. Andreotti, he said that he wanted an arms-reduction agreement next year that would include a global ban on chemical weapons and a 50 percent cut in both superpowers' offensive strategic weapons.

Nowhere in Europe is a government under more self-generated pressure to be seen to be in favor of arms-reduction agreements.

Page A1 The East is ready to make greater cuts than NATO in conventional forces in Europe to remove imbalances and enhance the prospects for an arms-reduction agreement, a senior Soviet weapons control official said.

We responded positively, with aid programs and arms-reduction agreements.