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Nonetheless, Shultz asserted in Brussels that "we have before us the prospect for a good INF agreement, and we have the basic elements in place." At week's end White House sources were speculating about a Gorbachev visit to the U.S. to attend a summit conference with Reagan in September or October. That would imply a pact ready for signature: Gorbachev would not come otherwise...
Bantering with reporters before his 4 1/2-hour meeting with Shultz in the Kremlin on Tuesday, Gorbachev remarked, "Generally, without reason I do not go anywhere, particularly to America. This cannot be just an outing." Shultz at that point pulled an envelope out of his pocket and told Gorbachev, "You're welcome to come. I have a letter from the President, and it says...
...Soviets were less coy when Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze went into private talks with Shultz. According to American sources, the Soviets brought up the subject of a summit four times. They did not, however, attempt to set a date, to the embarrassment of White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker, who declared early in the week that he "would not be surprised" if Shultz came home with a summit scheduled. Even so, Shultz and Shevardnadze both indicated that a summit, and by implication a missile agreement, is a strong prospect later this year...
Indeed, the more difficult negotiations may occur not between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. but between the U.S. and Western Europe -- or perhaps among the Europeans themselves. Those who fear an American "decoupling" from the defense of Europe are in a box, and unlike Shultz they do not find it wonderful. The idea of a denuclearized continent is far from unpopular with a European public nervous about becoming the first targets in a nuclear war. With rare exceptions such as Thatcher, no leader dares argue openly that getting rid of U.S. nuclear missiles is a bad idea. Still less will anyone...
...official: "He doesn't play by the old rules. The whole strategy of arms negotiations is changing; bargaining chips don't work anymore. Gorbachev really thinks in a new way, and that is not just a slogan." Something like this view is echoed by a less biased observer: George Shultz. Talking to reporters in California about Gorbachev's latest offer, the Secretary mused, "Why are the Soviets doing this? I don't know. They say they want a less threatening and less nuclear world, and maybe you should take them at face value...