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...President, despite all his actor's wiles, could scarcely hide his eagerness for a Gorbachev visit. Indeed, there had been hope that Reagan might be able to open the session -- his first in the White House in seven months -- by announcing that the summit had finally been scheduled. But Shultz had not yet completed his talks; when a reporter raised the subject, Reagan could merely state, "We don't have a word yet or a date yet." Then he went on to muse about how he would like the Soviet leader "to see a great deal of America." They might...
...Shultz's senior arms-control adviser, Paul Nitze, had been pushing a similar plan. He was vigorously opposed by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, an ardent SDI supporter who believes the U.S. should adopt an almost universally disputed "broad interpretation" of the 1972 antiballistic missile pact that permits all forms of Star Wars testing. Aware of Reagan's passionate attachment to SDI, Shultz and National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci were not eager to support Nitze too forcefully...
...Shultz did, however, want flexibility to explore a possible compromise on SDI during his Moscow trip. But at a meeting of Reagan's National Security Planning Group, Weinberger "dumped all over the idea that the U.S. should 'show leg' in the talks," according to a participant. As a result, Shultz headed for Moscow with his hands tied...
...arrival was less than auspicious. A freak autumn fog blanketed Moscow's four airports; Shultz, Carlucci and their 110-member traveling party were forced to make the 700-mile journey from Helsinki to the Soviet capital on an overnight train. When they arrived, they knew that even without the unexpected hitch on Star Wars, sticky details on the INF pact still had to be resolved...
...While Shultz and Shevardnadze conferred on a range of topics from human rights to tensions in the Persian Gulf, Soviet and American arms-control specialists huddled over disputed phrases within bracketed passages of the 100-page draft INF treaty. Even though West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl had pretty much removed a major obstacle by agreeing to destroy his country's arsenal of 72 aging Pershing IA missiles, the Soviets wanted the German weapons system and its U.S.-controlled warheads mentioned in what the Americans considered to be a bilateral accord. Both sides indicated that a compromise was reached. Other points...