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...Gromyko's session with Mondale on Thursday was almost certain to be short on substance and long on exhortations for both sides to resume negotiating. For Mondale even to hint that he was actually dealing with Gromyko on matters about which he and Reagan are known to disagree would cause a political fire storm, throwing the Democratic challenger open to the charge of disloyalty. Mondale was the first to disclaim any such intention. "America has only one President at a time," he said he would tell the Soviet Foreign Minister. "When Mr. Reagan speaks to you on the 28th...
...Minister for his views on major issues, and perhaps to respond to them as a private citizen. But primarily he was determined to use the meeting as a reminder of his experience in East-West affairs, pointing out that as Senator and Vice President he had three discussions with Gromyko. The Soviet Foreign Minister, who in all probability viewed his meeting with Mondale mainly as a courtesy gesture, was unlikely to offer anything not already passed on to Shultz. By mutual consent, no communiqué describing either the tone or the content of the meeting was planned...
...Gromyko gets a chance to speak his mind to the General Assembly on Thursday. The address had originally been set for Tuesday, before he sat down with either Shultz or Reagan. But after his arrival in New York, Gromyko cagily rescheduled to the later date for "technical reasons." That would give him the option to tone down the expected tough line of the speech if he wanted to respond favorably to Reagan's address or to overtures made by Shultz in private. Most analysts predicted that Gromyko would stick to his original text. "He will probably give...
Then, on Friday, Gromyko heads for the main event of the week: his discussion with Reagan at the White House. The President prepared for his first encounter with high-level Soviet officialdom by reviewing thoroughly the numerous proposals made by the U.S. over the past ten months to get arms negotiations back on track, as well as memos from Shultz and former Secretary of State Alexander Haig on their previous conversations with Gromyko. As has been the case throughout his Administration, Reagan received conflicting advice from two ideologically opposed schools of influence around...
...fettered by arms-control agreements as it tries to match or surpass the Soviets. As one hard-liner put it early in Reagan's Administration, "Arms control is bad medicine; it is, ipsofacto, bad." Some of the arms-control opponents urged Reagan to use the meeting with Gromyko as a high-level gripe session to complain about a number of Soviet transgressions, prominently including alleged violations by Moscow of previous arms-control agreements...