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Arafat's problems came up in an unexpected venue when U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held a detailed discussion on the Middle East with Arthur Hartman, the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow. Gromyko spoke with regret about Arafat's predicament; the P.L.O., he said, was gradually moving toward a more moderate position, with the balance shifting toward those who acknowledge Israel's right to exist. Much of the talk touched on the Soviet Union's quest to be directly involved in future Middle East negotiations. "Why do you Americans feel you have a right to play...
...Reagan Administration greeted last week's dissolution of the Vienna talks with a familiar litany of its own: expressions of regret and declarations of a readiness to negotiate whenever the Soviets are willing. President Reagan also kept a bland demeanor after meeting at the White House last week with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who urged him to try harder to clarify the peaceful aims of U.S. arms control policies. Said Trudeau: "I found myself telling him that he should be communicating better, and he's the expert communicator." The President thanked Trudeau "for coming here and sharing...
...Reagan Administration's response to the START impasse was similar to the one given at the end of the INF talks: an expression of regret and an avowal that the U.S. was willing to continue negotiating. President Reagan stressed the positive by noting that the Soviet maneuver had come at the scheduled end of a normal two-month round of talks. Said Reagan: "This was a regular adjournment . . . I think this is more encouraging than a walkout and simply saying they won't be back." In Geneva, U.S. START Negotiator...
...just feel that I have no other option, and I really regret that the university has left us in that situation," she added...
...with regret what the rest of the world is saying sarcastically: the U.S. has finally picked on a country its own size...