When Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared a unilateral moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons, which would begin on August 6, 1985—the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima—the Reagan administration dismissed the dramatic move as nothing more than propaganda and refused to follow suit.
Cando o líder soviético Mijaíl Gorbachov declarou unha moratoria unilateral sobre as probas de armamento nuclear, que comezaría o 6 de agosto de 1985, no 40 aniversario dos bombardeos atómicos sobre Hiroshima e Nagasaki, o goberno de Reagan desestimou a dramática iniciativa tachándoa de propaganda, e rexeitou seguir o exemplo soviético.