Goldwater Would Threaten a Break With Soviet; He Says on TV Such a Tactic Would Force Concession; Favors Renouncing Test Ban if It Was to U.S. Advantage | NY Times - Jan. 6, 1964 |

Senator Barry Goldwater said tonight that if he were elected President he would seek to extract concessions from the Soviet Union by threatening to break off diplomatic relations.

The Arizona Republican advanced this idea on the N.B.C. television program "Meet the Press." It was his first appearance before a national television audience since he announced last Friday that he was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination.

During the 30‐minute program, Senator Goldwater unsmilingly gave his views on foreign policy, civil rights, economics and poverty. He fully lived up to expectations that he would campaign as a champion of unbending conservatims.

In line with his opposition in the Senate to the treaty banning all but underground nuclear tests, Senator Goldwater said that as President he would renounce the pact "if it appeared to our advantage to test in the atmosphere."

The Senator stressed his belief that there was nothing to be gained by continuing relations with the Soviet Union unless the United States could force certain concessions from Moscow. The concessions he listed seemed to amount to an abandonment of key features of Soviet policy.

Senator Goldwater said it would be up to the Senate to decide on a rupture of relations. However, a President may end diplomatic ties with another country simply by withdrawing the United States mission. Action by Congress is not required.

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