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...Moscow next week Gorbachev is scheduled to hold his fourth summit meeting with Ronald Reagan. Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze were in Geneva last week making the final arrangements for the session. On the eve of the summit, Gorbachev is hoping that by cutting his losses in Afghanistan, he will win friends and influence governments around the globe. If he can allay concerns about Soviet intentions from the Pacific to the Caribbean, Gorbachev may persuade a mistrustful world to lower its guard and permit more maneuvering room for Soviet diplomacy. To that...
Secretary of State George P. Shultz, winding up two days of talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze, told reporters; "We have reached a completely satisfactory agreement on all of those issues...
Despite the public show of unity, even Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze acknowledged at a press conference that Kremlin views sometimes vary widely. He then added, "There are no signs indicating that between the General Secretary and Mr. Ligachev there are any differences...
...Arafat two weeks ago that there would be no peace in the region until the P.L.O. took Israel's security requirements into account -- unusually tough instructions to a man who has refused to publicly acknowledge Israel's right to exist. Several days later, reports surfaced that Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze would soon visit Syria, Jordan and possibly Egypt. Rumors flew about a stopover in Israel, but the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries make such a visit unlikely...
...that remained for Gorbachev was to secure agreement from Afghanistan President Najibullah, a former secret-police chief who is reportedly displeased with the Soviet pullout plan. Gorbachev summoned Najibullah to Tashkent, 200 miles north of the Soviet-Afghan border, where the two men conferred along with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. No details of the talks were released, but a Western diplomat in Moscow said, "I think it is a fair assumption that the Gorbachev meeting with Najibullah was the ultimate persuader, a combination of arm twisting and reassurance...