text: of Prem/a. published on 27 March 1983. I should be grateful if you would circulate the text of these replies as an official document of the General Assembly and of the Security Council. (Signt'cl) R. OVINNIIWV A c'ling P,·m/l111,•111 R,,,,,.,,,H'lltatii·I' '!I" tl,,, l l11i1111 ,f S11,·il't Socialist Rcpuhlics 111 tlll' l l11i1,,cf N111i11ns [Original: Russian J [30 /\larch /983] Replies by Y. V. AndropO\· to questions from the Pral·da correspondent Q11estio11: On ::!3 March 1983. President Reagan made a length~ speech on questions of United States militar} poliq. H,m d,, ~ ,,u evaluate this speech'! A11.rn·,·r: Quite a spate of speeches devoted to one and the same topic-military preparations. military programmes. and till' ,k\ cl­ opment of new types of weapons-has been c,u11ing out of Wash­ ington of late. This is what the President sp,,J..e ,,f a)!ain ,,n this occasion. The speech of the President was apparl'llll~ ,·,,n,·l·i\ ,·d in ,•nkr h> tn to inlluence the frame of mind in llw l 1nitl·,t Stai,·,. h• ,·aim th,· )!.:,,wing alarm there at the hellir,"l' ,·,,11r~,. ,,ftlw :\dmini,trali,•n. ( lf l"0llrSl'. it is up h> thl' Aml·rkan, h,n\ 1hn \\ ill ,., ah1a1<· 111<· l'n·,i ,kn(, addrl'"· However, what the President spoke of concerns not only the Americans. For the message of the speech is that America should urgently arm itself and become the world's dominating military Power. At the same time, in a bid to justify these hegemonistic claims, such impudent distortions of Soviet Union policy are made and such questionable strategems are used that, frankly speaking, one asks oneself-what is the President's idea of the standards for conducting relations with other States'! To hear the President, it would seem that the United States is inferior to the Soviet Union here, there and even in its immediate 
analysis: The text appears to be a response to a speech made by President Reagan on US military policy. The author evaluates the speech, criticizing the President's claims and strategies. The focus is on international relations, military power, and the perceived threats posed by the Soviet Union. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is an official document.