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MARSAXLOKK BAY, Malta--President Bush and Soviet Leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev wrapped up two days of superpower summitry yesterday, claiming strides toward a new era of East-West peace but underscoring differences that linger at the end of a 45-year Cold...
...Said Bush after his first summit as president, "I am optimistic that as the West works patiently together and increasingly cooperates with the Soviet Union, we can realize a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship into one of enduring cooperation...
...Bush and Gorbachev met for eight hours over two days during a time of extraordinary change in Eastern Europe. The upheaval was dramatized in the summit's final hours by the resignation of the East German leadership and the formation of a new government in Czechoslovakia that opposition leaders immediately denounced as too much like...
...Soviet leader said he hoped that two treaties could be signed next year: one calling for sharp cuts in both sides' long-range nuclear missiles when he and Bush meet next June in Washington; and another for cutting troops in Europe by the end of next year...
...Bush also applauded efforts by the Soviet Union to make its economy more market-oriented, saying "I would like to have a climate in which American businessmen can help in what Chairman Gorbachev is trying to do with reform...