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...easiest area may be what is called bilateral relations, which could include a new consular agreement and one to increase what Shultz calls "people-to-people" exchanges. Nonetheless, these have been literally up in the air because the Soviets have linked both to resumption of U.S.-U.S.S.R. airline service. That presents difficulties involving landing fees and ticketing arrangements, which cause the American carrier involved, Pan Am, to fear that flights to the Soviet Union would be unprofitable...
...important and potentially dangerous the issue, the deeper are the divergences. The spirit in which they are discussed, however, can make a lasting difference in the long run, and only the heads of government can set the tone for their subordinates. Barring some spectacular blowup or equally improbable major agreement, the success or failure of the summit will eventually be judged less by what Reagan and Gorbachev do in Geneva than by what happens in what is likely to be a long and difficult series of follow-up negotiations. Says one senior American official: "Both sides have moved...
...wants an agreement to do more to stop the spread of nuclear weapons...
This is the one area of arms control on which the summiteers are expected to reach an agreement...
...table, America's team in Geneva will present a united front. Like their leader, Reagan's men want to reach some kind of accommodation on arms control, one that could ultimately serve as the foundation for a nuts-and-bolts agreement but not one that would sacrifice the President's dream of a foolproof space shield against nuclear missiles...