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Negotiators ended the sessions "with a great deal of work having been accomplished, as agreed at the October 30 meeting" between Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Eduard A. Shevardnadze, the Soviet foreign minister, the source said...
...optimism on arms control in the Washington at week's end contrasted sharply with the gloom in Moscow on the previous Friday. At that time Gorbachev startled Secretary of State George Shultz with a sudden declaration that he "felt uncomfortable" about setting a date to meet Reagan in the U.S. He would be much more at ease about a summit, Gorbachev hinted, if Shultz would agree that the U.S. should slow development of the President's cherished space-based Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Shultz would not oblige him, and the summit appeared to be off. But after seeming to brood...
...Reagan Administration began lowering expectations before Shevardnadze's arrival. After expressing perhaps too much disappointment at Gorbachev's initial rebuff, Washington shrewdly turned coy. "The point is to get substantive things done, not just to have a summit," said Shultz, noting that an agreement on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) could be signed without a full-dress meeting of the two heads of state. Still, he was not ready to slam any doors. "There is an invitation open to Mr. Gorbachev," Shultz said. "And when he is ready to accept it, we will be ready to receive him." The next...
...leave in 1986 (but still a far cry from the 51,300 let out in 1979). Among the departees are Ida Nudel, Slepak's counterpart as "mother of the refuseniks," and several other prominent Jewish emigration activists. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze has told U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz that at least 12,000 Soviet Jews will be given exit visas...
...most intriguing offer from Gorbachev may be yet to come. Shevardnadze noted that the Soviet leader planned to send a personal note to Reagan that might put the summit back on track. When asked if he saw any need for another meeting with the Soviet Foreign Minister, Shultz replied, "I don't think we have anything in particular to meet about." Then he added, "The main thing, I guess, is to keep checking with the mailman to see what he brings...