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...spirit of Geneva," highlighted by the face-to-face meetings of Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in November. But last week, after a round of busy sessions in Washington, the U.S. and the Soviet Union were edging toward another summit. Declared Secretary of State George Shultz: "It's clear that both sides agreed that there should be a next meeting, in the U.S., that it should be successful, and something should come...
...senior foreign policy adviser to Gorbachev. In his talks with Reagan and other Administration officials, Dobrynin continued to refrain from setting an actual date for a summit. But he did bring word that Soviet Foreign Minister Edward Shevardnadze was prepared to come to Washington for talks with Shultz on May 14 and 15 to lay the groundwork for a summit conference later this year. Dobrynin assured the President that while Gorbachev was setting no "preconditions" for the meeting, the Kremlin wanted to know ahead of time--presumably by prior agreement--what could be accomplished. The U.S. reply: fair enough...
Dobrynin last week spelled out the Kremlin's current views in a series of three meetings: a 90-minute breakfast Monday with Shultz and National Security Adviser John Poindexter, a 75-minute session Tuesday in the Oval Office with the President and his top aides and a follow-up discussion with Shultz on Wednesday. Dobrynin described Soviet "confusion" over U.S. motives toward the Soviet Union, citing nuclear tests, Administration efforts to reduce the number of Soviet diplomats at the United Nations and U.S. maneuvers in the Black Sea. American officials, in turn, expressed "confusion" over such Soviet activities as supplying...
...quiet diplomacy" that characterized the preparations for Geneva. That means an avoidance of provocative public statements that have become common in recent weeks and, instead, a reliance on communications through the Soviet embassy in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Until a replacement for Dobrynin is named, Shultz will deal with the Soviet charge d'affaires, Oleg Sokolov, an experienced diplomat who was also a key player at Geneva. After the Shevardnadze visit in mid-May, Shultz will probably return the call in Moscow by late June. These meetings, in the words of one senior U.S. official, are intended...
...Shultz described the Dobrynin talks as "very substantive and constructive." His aides felt the Soviet visitor had taken the right steps toward restoring some of the momentum that has been lost since Geneva. On the other hand, U.S. officials regard the present diplomatic process as fragile. Apart from the question of whether progress on vital issues is really possible, there is the fact that the U.S. must decide shortly on whether to continue to abide by the restraints on nuclear arsenals imposed by the unratified SALT II agreement. A new Trident submarine, equipped with 24 ballistic missiles, is scheduled...