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Strong words about missiles as Kohl goes to Moscow...
...pursue a policy of détente with their Communist neighbors to the east. No longer. The Soviets got a close look last week at Bonn's first Christian Democratic Chancellor after 13 years of Social Democratic rule, and they did not entirely like what they saw. Helmut Kohl's 48-hour visit to Moscow turned out to be a bruising diplomatic skirmish that started badly and ended, as Kohl fully expected, in a standoff. Under a barrage of Soviet threats, Chancellor Kohl stood firm on the one issue that dominated his talks with Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov...
...pressure from Rumanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu, who, to Moscow's embarrassment, has frequently criticized both the East and the West for the arms buildup. Another explanation was that the Warsaw Pact leaders wanted to sound a peaceful note on the eve of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's meeting with Soviet President Yuri Andropov in Moscow this week. Andropov will undoubtedly urge Kohl not to accept deployment of Pershing II missiles on West German soil...
...Atlantic Alliance. After our election, I think we are much more likely to get disarmament negotiations going, and that would be a very cohesive thing in the alliance. I think the Russians are desperately hoping that their efforts will have some effect on our public opinion. [Chancellor] Helmut Kohl's election was immensely important to the NATO alliance in West Germany, so mine here is immensely important. I think it is only after the Russians know that the main legs of the alliance are staying absolutely firm that we might get some genuine disarmament negotiations going in Geneva. There...
While at Williamsburg, Reagan reportedly authorized Kohl to raise the possibility of a U.S.-Soviet summit when he goes to Moscow next month. Some White House advisers believe a meeting with Andropov would help Reagan politically in 1984, since it would probably soften his cold warrior image. But others reportedly feel that it could backfire unless it yields progress on arms control. In the past, Reagan has said he would be willing to sit down with his Soviet counterpart only if there was a chance of producing substantive results...