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...member Foreign Ministry collegium, an informal council composed of senior Foreign Ministry officials and invited guests. The four- to five-hour sessions touch on issues ranging from ambassadorial appointments to terrorism. "You can speak your opinion now and be certain it will be heard," says Deputy Minister Anatoli Adamishin. "Even my subordinates can express disagreement with my views. In fact, criticism is better received than words of praise." Unlike James Baker, Shevardnadze does not shun career officials in favor of a small clutch of aides; as a Soviet diplomat puts it, he "prefers to go directly to the specialist without...
...Kremlin's new eagerness to discuss human rights spawned a meeting in Moscow last month between Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead and Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Adamishin -- the highest-level direct talks ever held on the subject. Although such a dialogue was an encouraging sign, Whitehead came away skeptical about the degree of Soviet progress. "Are people free to move about the country," he asked rhetorically, "to listen to free media, to leave when they want, to take jobs where they want? No, the freedoms we treasure in this country do not exist there." Until that glaring imbalance...
...summit without some guarantee of progress on arms control. As the two sides emerged from private talks last week aimed at laying the groundwork for a summit, they appeared to remain far apart. Though the U.S. side rated the talks "constructive and businesslike," Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Adamishin was more downbeat. Said he: "I don't think we have achieved a lot of progress." The news from the Administration last week at least kept alive the hope that the two sides would keep trying...
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