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...session was hardly a breakthrough, but the outcome, a slight easing of East-West tensions, was nonetheless welcome. When Secretary of State George Shultz emerged last week from the red brick residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Finland overlooking Helsinki harbor, walking in affable fashion alongside him was a smiling newcomer to the game of superpower politics, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, 57, appointed only a month ago. The two men paused briefly to exchange chitchat with the help of interpreters and to pose for eager photographers. Later Shultz declared that three hours of private talks with his Soviet counterpart...
Even before the Helsinki meeting began, there were indications of what the future might bring in the form of a spirited new round of East-West propaganda dueling. Both the White House and the Kremlin had been planning public relations moves in advance of the conference. As it turned out, the proposals they put forth were radically different. Responding in part to a Soviet complaint that a recent U.S. underground test of a nuclear device had exceeded the 150-kiloton limit permissible under the 1974 Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests, President Reagan, in a letter...
...President portentously pledged that "before leaving for Geneva, I shall make major new proposals" to overcome the division of Europe, which, he said, "nothing can justify." Advisers indicate that "major" might have been an overstatement; the proposals are likely to involve more open communications and greater movement across East-West borders. Then there will be human rights, always a touchy topic for any Soviet leader and one on which Gorbachev is preparing a vigorous counter-campaign. In his U.N. speech, the President asserted that "we Americans do not accept that any government has the right to command and order...
While the U.S.S.R. also wants to keep regional disputes from boiling into East-West incidents, the Soviets will insist on their right to support what they consider "wars of liberation." Gorbachev will criticize U.S. backing of the contras and intervention such as the 1983 invasion of Grenada. He will probably agree to sign an antiterrorism statement...
...State Department was eager to settle the matter before it ballooned into a major East-West dispute. Hoping to keep the issue as low-key as possible, the State Department waited four days to make public the Soviets' promise. The department now believes that Moscow cannot be pushed any further on the shooting...