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...Arbatov chose his subject well. He lectured the audience on the evils of Reagan et al. He accused the United States of accelerating the arms race. And he blamed the Reagan Administration for "waging a relentless battle against...
...first man? A revered local politician, perhaps the soon-to-retire "Tip" O'Neill? Or maybe a distinguished visiting scholar? Wrong. It was Georgi Arbatov, a Soviet government specialist on North America...
...contrast this protracted "Meese affair" with Arbatov's appearance--on the exact same day that Meese was scheduled to receive his award. No student "outrage" was expressed beforehand. No one complained that a Harvard podium, complete with a veritas shield, gave the Soviet official undue legitimacy. And no demonstration occurred either outside the building or within the Forum...
...doubt Arbatov was confident that he had a receptive audience for this diatribe, given the anti-Meese hoopla of the preceding days. And with the exception of a few tough questions--which he brushed off as "irrelevant"--nothing he saw or heard could have signified anything different. The audience was well-behaved and attentive, for the most part, and the majority of questions centered on the agenda of U.S.-bashing Arbatov had already set for himself...
...Geneva, so that he is now under pressure not to meet again unless something tangible can be won. Some Soviet / officials have indeed begun to hint that they are prepared to forgo another meeting, not just this year and next but for the remainder of the Reagan presidency. Georgi Arbatov, a key adviser on American affairs, muttered darkly on a Soviet television program last week, "Soviet relations with the U.S. did not begin with Reagan, and they will not end with Reagan." That may be bluster, as Gorbachev's pre-summit comments last year proved to be, but there...