European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d private shuttle launching Industry expected by 1969 Page 5 d Chuck Long signs with Lions for $1.75 million sports Page 21 d today s Dollar buys 2.05 Marks rates Page 27 the  Ssu is Utmos Iii a Horcin tunic item pet Tim . To Roitt vol. 45, no. 124 wednesday August 20. 1986 in d 8693 a soviet test ban offer called ploy Santa Barbara Calif. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s Call for the United Stales to join a superpower nuclear test ban is being dismissed by president Reagan s top aides As a propaganda ploy. But rep. Thomas j. Downey d-n.y., a congressional advocate of arms control said tuesday the United Stales by agreeing to a temporary test moratorium could determine Gorbachev s sincerity and pos Sibly negotiate a comprehensive lest agreement. In California where Reagan is vacationing. White House spokesman Larry Speaks said soon after Gorbachev delivered his monday speech in Moscow thai the United Stales has not dropped its opposition to joining in the test ban. He discounted the soviet proposal calling it a pub Lic relations gimmick that Cost the soviet Union Little. The soviets in essence Are not giving away much in extending for seven More months the moratorium that they have  Speaks said. He argued that the Issue of a lest ban treaty cannot be handled in isolation and the matter must be Dis cussed by soviets and americans along with a Broad Range of  such As human rights and Overall arms control. Even though the Reagan administration a s a verifiable and comprehensive test ban treaty is a Long term objective it has repeatedly refused to join the soviet initiative. A nuclear testing moratorium is not in the Security interests of the United Stales our friends or our Al lies said Speakes. The spokesman said a moderate level of nuclear testing will continue to be required in order to deter soviet aggression. A senior White House official speaking on Condi Tion he not be identified said Gorbachev was using a lactic to influence our european allies amid he superpower jockeying Over arms control and in Advance of a possible second Reagan Gorbachev Summit. Scakes said the soviets were Able to continue their ban because they arc dealing from a position of advantage through knowledge gained from past testing. However. Downey interviewed on the Abc to network s today program said the notion of the soviets having an advantage in testing is utter non  the United Stales retains an advantage in nuclear warhead design. We be tested some 200 limes More than the soviet  Downey said. Out of the  he added we believe it possible to reach an agreement for a comprehensive test  soviets will accept inspection of some military movements from press dispatches Stockholm. Sweden the Sovi Union tuesday told the Stockholm Security conference it is prepared to accept some on Sile inspections of military movements marking an important breakthrough Al the Start of the final ses Sion of the 32-month-old talks. We could. Agree to the conduct of on site inspections soviet ambassador Oleg a. Grinevsky told the opening session. In his speech. Grinevsky said the Sovi ets Are prepared to accept one or two inspections on their territory per  the soviets have Given up their opposition to on site inspection it was the first time Grinevsky addressed the Issue so clearly. The Western Alliance has suggested that each of the 35 nations including Theun led slaves the soviet Union Canada and All of Europe except Albania bellowed to undertake one military inspection trip a year. Delegates said the 35-nation Confer ence after being essentially stalled since its opening in january 1984. Appeared sea soviets on Page 26 Berlin paper publishes exclusive Hess photos Berlin