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...hope of both leaders is that in Iceland they can agree on the general outlines for an accord that would drastically reduce INF (intermediate-range nuclear forces) missiles and warheads. Diplomats would then try to put a pact in shape for the leaders to sign if and when they eventually meet in the U.S. That does seem possible; negotiators in Geneva have come close to accord on the basic numbers. But an INF pact is far from assured. Though Moscow no longer insists that one be linked to a reduction on long-range strategic weapons and a ban on space...
...side, only Shultz, Poindexter and Regan are scheduled to sit at the table with the President. Reagan agreed to the meeting partly out of sheer self- confidence. His advisers believe he scored nothing short of a spectacular personal triumph at Geneva and can repeat it in Iceland. Politics entered into his motivation too. Regan judged that a successful presummit summit shortly before next month's congressional elections would allow Reagan to be perceived as a President who got superpower relations back on track, and thus boost his efforts to help Republican campaigners...
...that, the Iceland meeting stirs worry among some diplomatic experts, who believe summit meetings must be thoroughly prepared. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger insists that U.S.-Soviet tensions "cannot be removed by the personal relationship of two leaders, and it is not in our interest to create the impression that they can be." He adds, "This hurry-up presummit summit is a source of great concern to me." William Hyland, editor of Foreign Affairs, thinks the Iceland meeting is "dangerous" because diplomats are "escalating their disagreements to their bosses, and if their bosses disagree, the whole thing could blow...
...reception for him at the offices of U.S. News & World Report, cameramen beseeched him to turn in their direction rather than face his cheering colleagues. He would not. "How can I turn from my friends?" he said. Instead of taking a holiday, he decided he would rather go to Iceland to cover this weekend's minisummit. On the day that he spoke in the Rose Garden, the name Nicholas Daniloff appeared on the sign-up sheet for the trip...
...forces. It could also pave the way for more serious bargaining on long-range strategic missiles and defensive systems. Yet progress on these fronts, like the final resolution of an INF deal, will require a real impetus, involving further acts of political will from the two leaders meeting in Iceland this weekend...