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SALT, n.3|sɒlt, -ɔː-|
Also S.A.L.T., Salt.
[Acronym f. the initials of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.]
Negotiations, involving esp. the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union, aimed at the limitation or reduction of nuclear armaments. Freq. attrib.
The last element, which is freq. redundant in attrib. uses, is also understood as Treaty.
1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 1 July (1970) 693 When and where the talks would start, we do not know. They are being referred to as Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. (SALT). 1969New Scientist 14 Aug. 314/2 The progress of SALT is likely also to be slow. 1972Guardian 6 June 4/4 The Secretary for Defence..told Congress today that the United States could not afford to relax its defence effort in spite of the SALT agreement. 1973E. Osers tr. Waldheim's Austrian Example xv. 196 The first ceilings set by the Salt Talks may prove to be an important landmark in limiting the arms race. 1975Daily Tel. 23 Sept. 14/3 Whether the SALT discussions were a success or not is a matter of embittered controversy. 1976Survey Summer-Autumn 24 The need for a further agreement in SALT remains paramount, given the threat to human survival posed by the nuclear arms race. 1979Sci. Amer. Feb. 30/1 As the Senate prepares to debate the ratification of the new treaty emerging from the second round of strategic-arms-limitation talks (S.A.L.T. II) between the two superpowers. |