Word: gromyko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Greeting Gromyko...
...President Reagan wants to make nice with the Soviets and invites Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Washington [NATION, Oct. 1]. Reagan has finally come to realize that all the talk about "winnable" nuclear war and the holy war against godless Communism has only brought us closer to disaster. Like it or not, we share this planet with the Soviets. Either we live together or die together...
...nuclear weapons in Europe, the U.S.S.R. saw it as a clear sign that the President had no intention of seriously negotiating an arms-control treaty. Now, when Reagan is forced by the upcoming election to show that he is not a warmonger, the Soviets immediately send their top diplomat, Gromyko...
Still nothing from Gromyko. No thaw. No acknowledgment of shared humanity. Gromyko plainly could say nothing, and he did it very well...
...dacha outside Moscow in 1972. Brezhnev talked about his boyhood, his father and peace. Brezhnev had mastered Kremlin politics as Nixon had mastered U.S. politics. Secure in their power, they could go beyond the set agenda. After taking on a little vodka, they made a deal: SALT I. For Gromyko and Reagan, there may not have been enough vodka, because there was no deal...