Word: andropov
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...second is to begin a process that will lead to increased dialogue. After recent years, that would take time anyway: Andropov's illness means the Soviet Union has a leadership problem in the immediate future. That has to be understood and may cause delay...
...official Soviet posture has not changed since Yuri Andropov came to power. A few weeks after he was named to succeed Brezhnev, the Soviet party chief declared, "A nuclear war, whether big or small, whether limited or total, must not be allowed to break...
...military approach, they believe he should put more emphasis on negotiations. They see the need to reduce the danger of nuclear war as the No. 1 problem confronting the nation, and they do not feel Reagan is handling that problem well. They want Reagan to meet Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov in a summit...
...Andropov seems to have had little effect on these Americans; 67% endorse the view that "he is no better or worse than any of the others. They are all part of the same system." Despite this, however, 60% think Andropov "knows that the Soviet Union is in just as much danger as the United States, and therefore is willing to negotiate an arms-control agreement...
...what got us into trouble in Viet Nam" (83%). And 93% agree that "picking a fight is too dangerous in a nuclear world" and that "we should be thinking in terms of peaceful solutions." As for who should negotiate and when, 76% favor a meeting between Reagan and Andropov...