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...European nations, the U.S. and Canada, was an agreement to work together on common problems, from reuniting families to conducting research on permafrost, from forecasting earthquakes to forewarning about military maneuvers. Ten years later, the assessment of those noble pledges has soured. Said Secretary of State George Shultz at last week's commemorative session in the Finnish capital: "The most important promises of a decade ago have not been kept...
Secretary of State George Shultz contends that a unilateral promise of a test ban must be adequately verifiable. But many scientists maintain that any test big enough to do the Soviets military good can be monitored by today's seismic technology. Monitoring has improved so greatly in recent years, these experts say, that the U.S. could have confidence in a test...
...Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, thought more was required. A spokesman quoted her as telling Reagan at the minisummit that "you have to re-present or reformulate your arms-control position before Geneva or there will be trouble." Reagan could not give her a clear answer because, as Shultz put it the next day, "the President has made no decision yet on just what is an appropriate response" to the latest Soviet proposals...
That may be where Reagan's speech created more problems than it solved; it may have increased the chances that the summiteers will feel compelled to spend their time maneuvering for the moral and ideological high ground rather than negotiating. George Shultz and Eduard Shevardnadze now have just three weeks to work out an agenda that cuts through the rhetoric of both their leaders. --By Strobe Talbott
...Peres get his message across. Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, visited Amman two weeks ago and briefed Hussein on at least the broad outlines of Peres' forthcoming U.N. proposal. Murphy last week returned to New York City and, along with Secretary of State George Shultz, conferred with Peres before the Israeli leader left the U.S. for France...