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Reagan puts the ball in the Soviet court-and Gromyko bangs it back...
...point obviously struck home in Moscow too, provoking the Kremlin into an all-out propaganda counterattack. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko called a televised press conference to reply to Reagan. That in itself underscored the urgency felt by the Soviets: in 26 years in his job, Gromyko had given only a handful of news conferences in Moscow, and this was the first broadcast outside the U.S.S.R. The two-hour session was beamed live to the U.S. starting at 2 a.m. Saturday, Eastern time (see box). Gromyko's aim was obviously to keep European nuclear fears high by quashing...
...there is no chance of an agreement." Moreover, he grumbled darkly that if the U.S. goes through with the deployment of the Pershing IIs and cruises, "then the Soviet Union-there can be no doubt-will take the necessary measures in order to defend its legitimate interests." Gromyko did not amplify, but other Soviet leaders have hinted that the U.S.S.R. may station medium-range missiles close to the U.S., possibly on submarines off American shores...
...time being, Gromyko intends to keep the job of Foreign Minister. Indeed, informed Soviets suggested that the move upstairs would actually make him a "superminister," with much broader control over foreign policy decisions. But the shift could also be the first step toward bringing in a younger man. One potential successor is Anatoli Dobrynin, 63, who has been Ambassador to Washington since...
...Gromyko is the second top-level deputy to Tikhonov who has been appointed under Andropov. At a meeting of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet last November, onetime Azerbaijan KGB Chief and Party Leader Geidar Aliyev, 59, was also moved into the government's ruling inner circle. Gromyko's elevation to the same rank as Aliyev may have been intended to check the ambitious Azerbaijani...