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Despite his wariness of the Soviets, Kampelman maintains a solid working relationship with his counterpart, Victor Karpov. In the long, tortuous process of arms negotiations, he is careful to remain receptive to the Kremlin's more serious overtures without giving ground on the American side. "What they respect is power," says Kampelman. "The extent to which their adversary has power of its own adds an element of dignity to the argument of the adversary." Reagan has given his negotiator a relatively free hand in the talks. Assisted by a team of representatives from the departments of State and Defense...
...want you to listen carefully," said Chief U.S. Negotiator Max Kampelman with a wide smile, "and I want you to listen with your constructive ear." Victor Karpov, his Soviet counterpart, smiled back, though somewhat less amiably. There was little likelihood of Karpov's attention wandering. He knew that Kampelman was about to unveil a sweeping new American proposal in response to the arms-control plan that the Soviets had tabled with much fanfare five weeks...
...third round of the seven-month-old arms-control talks came to a close last week, Karpov had been preparing for a farewell session with his American counterparts before flying back to Moscow for an important meeting in advance of this month's superpower summit. Then suddenly his plans changed. A long cable with new instructions had arrived at the U.S. delegation's headquarters through special, secure channels, and Kampelman requested that the talks be extended to consider the latest U.S. offer. After consulting Moscow, Karpov agreed. So for 55 minutes on Friday morning, he listened intently as Kampelman...
...Karpov and his colleagues also hinted at some new flexibility on strategic weapons. Only a month ago they were insisting that no new weapons be added to either nation's strategic arsenal. But now the Soviets have indicated that they might agree to one additional new weapon in each leg of the strategic triad (land-based, seabased and airborne), which would allow the U.S. to proceed with its modernization program...
...While Karpov and Kasparov were face to face, the two computers were 750 miles apart--the Cray in Mendota Heights, Minn., the Sun on the Pittsburgh campus of Carnegie-Mellon University. The computers' moves were sent over telephone lines to Denver and relayed to a regulation chessboard. But distance did not hurt the game. Says Chess Master David Levy: "For the first time a program played like a strong human player...