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...unfortunate that President Reagan did not attend the Brezhnev funeral. At a time when our NATO partners are looking forward to fruitful U.S.-Soviet negotiations, the President's attendance would have been a signal of a commitment to work with the new Soviet regime. Leon Warden Valencia, Calif...
After reading your obituary on Leonid Brezhnev, my first thoughts were that he was not such a bad guy after all. However, the details about his role in the bloody Afghanistan coup brought me back to reality. Danny Van Loo Nieuwpoort, Belgium
Beissinger: I think that he will try to pursue an arms agreement. He will be a tougher negotiator than Brezhnev was. He has laid blame on the Reagan Administration for not pursuing arms negotiations seriously. That's not a new change...
Crimson: Is there any chance Andropov might pursue an arms reduction agreement, or can we expect to see Andropov continuing along the same path as Brezhnev, deploying such Soviet missiles...
Powell: I very definitely see Andropov continuing along Brezhnev's path. They are just beginning to reap the rewards of having gained numerical superiority. This is hardly a time to change course. From the Soviet point of view, the purpose of these weapons is to promote the likelihood of using them for intimidation purposes. I see, from the point of view of the Politburo, no reason to expect change, rather a lot of patting themselves and each other on the back for the successes they have achieved...