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...Moscow and Washington, where Brezhnev and Carter were being prepped by their staffs for the summit, the biggest uncertainty was the health of the ailing Soviet party chief (see ESSAY). Brezhnev seemed in good shape two weeks ago during his visit to Budapest, where he declared: "We shall go to Vienna fully prepared for an active and constructive dialogue." In Moscow, Andrei Kirilenko, who as the party's Central Committee Secretary-General is No. 2 to Brezhnev, told U.S. Ambassador Malcolm Toon that both countries expected "a great deal" of the summit and expressed the hope that both would...
...Washington, Carter met on Monday and Tuesday with the National Security Council to review U.S. and Sovi et military strength. At lunch with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt on Wednesday, the President got some pri vate advice on deal ing with Brezhnev. Schmidt also lobbied in Washington for ratification of the SALT treaty. At a private dinner with six Senators and four Congressmen who are undecided about SALT, he warned that rejection of the treaty would seriously set back détente, which he called "vital for a rational world." Schmidt also spoke strongly in favor of the treaty...
Carter planned to fly with Rosalynn and Amy to Vienna on Thursday. He will relax at U.S. Ambassador Milton Wolfs elegant white villa during much of the following day, then pay a courtesy call with Brezhnev on Austrian President Rudolf Kirchschl...
Carter and Brezhnev will have their first business session on Saturday morning at the baroque U.S. embassy. For two hours they will make a survey of world problems. After lunch- and a nap for Brezhnev- they will talk together for 1 1/2 hrs. more. At this meeting they expect to settle any language disputes on SALT II and officially open discussion on SALT III, the next round of negotiations...
Sunday morning Carter will rejoin Brezhnev at the somber 19th century Soviet embassy for 31/2 hrs. more of talks. Carter intends to ask for Soviet cooperation in the Middle East and southern Africa, but he harbors no illusions that Brezhnev will go along with U.S. strategy in those troubled areas. The President also plans to raise some arms-related issues, including a freeze on anti-satellite weapons, restraints on conventional arms sales, a ban on chemical warfare and a new effort to invigorate the stalled M.B.F.R. talks...