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Since Andrei Gromyko first appeared on the world scene as Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. during World War II, three generations of TIME correspondents have dogged the footsteps of this taciturn, publicity-shy diplomat. In Washington, at the United Nations and during almost every East-West crisis, reporters have waited, usually in vain, for the impenetrable Gromyko mask to slip...
...atmosphere too poisonous for a breakthrough to be possible. The Soviets deserve much of the blame. Their tightening of the screws in Poland, their brutality against the guerrillas resisting their occupation of Afghanistan, their political pressure tactics against Western Europe-all these developments contributed to the overall deterioration in East-West relations and therefore in the prospects for arms control...
Tuesday evening, Reagan and Thatcher met privately for 70 minutes at 10 Downing Street, where they then dined with senior government officials. East-West relations dominated the private discussion there too. The two leaders shared the view that the Soviets are frustrated because their system has failed to provide better economic opportunities for their people. On the question of how to handle the Soviets, Thatcher and Reagan agreed, according to an American official present at dinner, that "we can make clear that we remain ready to solve problems, and try to get as much increase in exchanges-diplomatically as well...
...French traditionally oppose political statements at economic summits, but President François Mitterrand agreed to go along. At first, the U.S. wanted the declaration to include a commentary on East-West relations. The idea was dropped after the French objected, and the U.S. proposed the idea of a separate East-West statement. Then summit aides labored until 3 a.m. to produce a draft wording for the Thatcher-inspired values document...
...Jewish refuseniks, would-be emigrants to Israel. Their message, as delivered by Boris Klotz, 34, a wiry mathematician: "There are thousands of Jews in the Moscow area alone who want to go to Israel. The authorities tell some of these people that they have insufficient motive, and others that East-West relations are too poor...