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There were several clues in the final days before Andropov's death to indicate that he was failing fast. In a highly unusual move, Ustinov canceled his important visit to New Delhi without giving any reason. Andropov's son, a diplomat attending the Stockholm security conference, hurried home on Tuesday afternoon for "family reasons." But there were equally contradictory signs. At about the time the Soviet desk on the sixth floor of the State Department was monitoring the telltale music from Moscow, Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoli Dobrynin, seemingly oblivious to the events back in Moscow, was two floors...
...years passed, and now Samaranch appears ebulliently at ease. Los Angeles had no rivals in bidding for the coming Summer Games, but Samaranch says that Brisbane, New Delhi, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Stockholm are fighting over 1992, and the entries are not closed yet. The Olympic spirit is hopeful again. If it would only snow...
...left with MBFR. It is by far the least-publicized, and even the least-lamented of the three talks. It is highly telling that, of the three, it is the only one which presently looks as if it will resume. At the European security conference held in Stockholm two weeks ago, the Soviet delegation dropped hints that these talks could resume by mid-March, it would appear that the Soviet Union attaches more self-interest to these conventional talks...
...meantime, little can be expected soon from the Stockholm conference, which will begin negotiations this week aimed at reducing the risk of conventional war in Europe. The NATO delegations want an agreement improving the present system of advance warning of military maneuvers and increasing exchanges of military observers and information...
...host of the conference, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, said that he did not expect a "rapid thaw" in the superpower chill but he could at least foresee "some cautious melting." The Shultz and Gromyko meeting in Stockholm seemed too tentative to serve as a reliable marker on the road back to a warmer U.S.-Soviet climate. But more warmth is wanted...