REAGAN SAYS NUCLEAR FREEZE WOULD BE A FRAUD
Orlando, Florida (JFK+50) On March 8, 1983, President Ronald Wilson Reagan addressed the National Association of Evangelicals meeting here in Orlando. The President responded to a Soviet-backed proposal to establish a nuclear freeze which would stop deployment of United States missiles in Europe.
The President said...
"A freeze would be a very dangerous fraud...giving the illusion of peace."
Mr. Reagan continued...
"Let us be aware they are the focus of evil in the modern world."*
*This was the second time in his presidency that Reagan referred to the Soviets as "evil." The first was in 1982 in a speech before the British House of Commons. The administration's "aggressive" stance toward the USSR became known as "The Reagan Doctrine."
SOURCE
"Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as 'evil empire' again," This Day in History, March 8, www.history.com
