Word: gromyko
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Meanwhile, the Kremlin escalated its war of words with the U.S. by releasing the text of a letter from Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Haig, accusing the U.S. of "open interference" in Poland and of making "distorted interpretations" of Soviet propaganda beamed at Iran. America's European al lies are concerned that the Administration's verbal confrontation with Moscow will destabilize East-West relations. The West Germans, for example, fear that the U.S. will pressure them to cancel plans to buy Soviet natural gas in return for high-technology goods. In addition, U.S. allies in Europe would like...
Percy was also given unexpected access to other members of the Soviet leadership's highest echelon: four hours with Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and three hours with Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov. The Illinois Senator had scheduled last week's visit as a private trip before the election. But when the Republicans last month got control of the U.S. Senate, it meant Percy would become head of the Foreign Relations Committee-and thus a man Soviet leaders much wanted to meet...
Percy said he convinced Brezhnev and Gromyko that the unratified SALT II accord was "as dead as a doornail." Percy suggested instead that representatives from both nations meet informally to decide what was worth salvaging from SALT II. Once they reached "reasonable agreement" on at least some principles, it might be possible to begin a new set of negotiations, Percy told the Soviets. "I would be surprised if both sides do not agree to sit down at an early date to discuss arms control," said Percy...
...U.S.S.R. is not prepared to be a bull in the corrida of Madrid," declared Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. That pronouncement served as a dour keynote for the 35-nation Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe that convened in the Spanish capital last week. The object of the long-scheduled conference was to review the members' compliance with the 1975 Helsinki accords on military security, economic cooperation and human rights. But throughout, it was clear that the Soviets had every intention of blocking any proceedings devoted to their own human rights record or their Afghanistan invasion...
...Kremlin hurled similar warnings at the White House. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko complained to U.S. Ambassador Thomas Watson in Moscow last week that American military activity in the gulf area was a "provocation" and "a threat to peace." Watson assured Gromyko that the U.S. was acting purely defensively and would stay out of the fighting...