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...decision to give over the front page of Pravda to Gorbachev was more a matter of protocol than an intended slight of Chernenko. But it did reflect the unprecedented speed of the latest succession in the Kremlin. News of Gorbachev's promotion to the highest post in the land came only five hours after Chernenko's death was announced. In Geneva, Soviet negotiators signaled the U.S. delegation, which had arrived there early last week to resume arms- control talks, that business would go on as usual, despite the death of Chernenko. Said a Moscow housewife: "It looks as if they...
...Fourth Protocol, Forsyth...
...Fourth Protocol, Forsyth...
Late last week, the official Soviet news agency TASS announced an event that may offer further insight into Chernenko's condition: Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou will make an official visit to Moscow in mid-February. Because Papandreou is a head of government rather than a head of state, protocol requires only that he be received by Soviet Premier Nikolai Tikhonov. But Moscow has been courting Papandreou's socialist government assiduously of late, and Chernenko, health permitting, would almost certainly want to take part in Kremlin talks with the Greek visitor...
...Fourth Protocol, Forsyth...