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...Administration readily acknowledged its policy to mislead Gaddafi as to U.S. intentions -- a deception the President endorsed. "We would just as soon have Mr. Gaddafi go to bed every night wondering what we might do," said Reagan. Secretary of State George Shultz agreed. "Frankly, I don't have any problems with a little psychological warfare against Gaddafi," said he. Citing the example of Winston Churchill's efforts to mislead the Nazis about the site of the D-day landings during World War II, the Secretary said of the situation with Libya, "We don't have a declaration...
...morning after Ronald Reagan's surprise announcement that he would meet with Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland, Secretary of State George Shultz breakfasted with TIME editors and writers in New York City to discuss the week's drama. Excerpts from the interview...
...nuclear tests. But Reagan and his closest advisers had had no hint that the Soviet leader was about to suggest, under conditions of strict secrecy, a far broader meeting. Upon beginning talks in Washington on $ Sept. 19, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze had informed Secretary of State George Shultz that he was carrying a letter from Gorbachev to Reagan. Shultz called White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan to suggest that he bring Shevardnadze to the Oval Office to deliver it in person. But not until Shevardnadze handed two copies of the letter, in Russian and English, to Reagan...
Only three of Reagan's advisers -- Shultz, Regan and National Security Adviser John Poindexter -- were at first allowed to see the full text. Nearly all of the five pages were devoted to a point-by-point reply to arms-control proposals Reagan had made in a personal letter on July 25. The substance was not surprising, but Gorbachev's tone was: it struck notes of impatience bordering on urgency, frustration amounting almost to desperation. The Soviet leader sounded fed up with the slowness of diplomats in working out agreements. Though he included the usual accusations against the U.S., he implied...
That neither side did want to back out any longer first became obvious on Sept. 19, after Shevardnadze arrived in Washington for his long-delayed talks with Shultz and an unscheduled call on Reagan in the Oval Office. Though much of the discussion was taken up by stern American lectures about Daniloff, neither Reagan nor Shultz let the dispute prevent progress on arms control. Shevardnadze handed Reagan a personal letter from Gorbachev replying to arms- control proposals the President had made in July. The Soviet Foreign Minister also hinted at further concessions toward an INF agreement. He and Shultz wound...