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...hope to normalize Sino-Soviet relations. But there are three obstacles that must be removed. First, Soviet support for the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea. Second, Afghanistan. Third, reduction of missiles and troops on the Sino-Soviet border. These three obstacles threaten not only China but also all of Asia. We bring this up at every meeting with the Soviets, and we realize that removing all three at the same time "might be difficult." [So now we say] one at a time. So far we have had no positive response...
...Geneva summit. We welcome the summit. It's better to meet each other than not to meet. But we do not have high expectations. It is difficult to pass judgment on the Soviet proposal to reduce their missile strength by 50%. It seems that this is a rather good proposal. However, as to whether the two sides can reach an agreement on this proposal, we will not pass any judgment now, nor will it be easy to pass a judgment. Even if there will be an agreement on a 50% reduction, I don't think it will help solve...
...nuclear warheads possessed by the Soviet Union and the U.S. can destroy the world ten times. So even if there is a 50% reduction, they still have the ability to destroy the world five times [laughs loudly]. So first, to reduce some is always good because it may play a role in relaxing tensions, and in that atmosphere it will be more relaxed. So as far as this is concerned, we welcome the development, but I think it will be too naive to believe that with a 50% reduction, the problem will be resolved and we should no longer...
...time convoys of ZIL and Chaika limousines were finally streaking through the yellow brick streets of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, the meeting last week was embarrassingly overdue. The Political Consultative Committee, made up of Communist Party leaders from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Rumania and the Soviet Union, had been expected to gather in January. But Mikhail Gorbachev's predecessor, Konstantin Chernenko, was too ill to travel then, and indeed died only a few weeks later. By contrast, Gorbachev impressed his Warsaw Pact comrades with the vitality and ease of command he has demonstrated in the Soviet Union...
Although Gorbachev, 54, was the youngest man sitting at the round conference table (Bulgaria's President Todor Zhivkov, 74, was the oldest), he was clearly first among equals in a group that exists largely to endorse Moscow's foreign policy and buffer the Soviet Union's western flank. The military bands and effusive bear hugs, however, could not mask the fact that the Sofia summit resulted in little more than Kremlin posturing in advance of Gorbachev's November meeting with Ronald Reagan in Geneva. A 15-page declaration blamed the U.S. for aggravating the arms race and piously declared that...