Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...though to confirm that interpretation, a Soviet diplomat last week gloated over the contrast between Gorbachev's age and Reagan's: "Now if there's a | summit, it will be your old leader sitting down with our young one. You might say we are turning the tables on you after all these years, going back to the meeting between John Kennedy and Khrushchev...
...Soviet leaders. The generational distinction may mean less in the future than it has in the past, however, largely because Gorbachev shrewdly deferred to his elders during the transition from the leadership of Yuri Andropov to that of Konstantin Chernenko and avoided an old-young confrontation. As a Western diplomat in Moscow puts it, "Gorbachev was smart not to push Chernenko out. He just waited for the old man to drop...
...that had been usual under Leonid Brezhnev. But he probably will take his time in choosing his team, seeking instead to allay any suspicion that he is trying to monopolize power too quickly. "Gorbachev does not need to pack the Politburo with his own men," says one diplomat. "There do not seem to be any challengers to his rule...
...able to mask his feelings when the occasion calls for it. When French President Francois Mitterrand mentioned Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov during a state banquet in the Kremlin last June, Konstantin Chernenko and Andrei Gromyko looked annoyed, but Gorbachev betrayed no emotion. "He has great control," said a French diplomat. "He was the only one who did not show anything...
...Soviet leadership. His appetite for technical matters became obvious during his tour of an agricultural research center and an auto factory. During nearly 3 1/2 hours of talks with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev spoke knowledgeably about arms control and East-West issues. Observed a Foreign Office diplomat: "It's nice to find a Soviet politician whose face moves. Even when he scowls, you know where you stand...