Word: summited
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From what the superpowers were saying in public, even an interim INF deal would have seemed elusive as recently as two weeks ago. When they first met in Geneva last November, Reagan and Gorbachev agreed on the spot to hold two more summits: one in the U.S. this year, the other in the Soviet Union in 1987. But through most of early 1986 the two leaders appeared less eager to fulfill that commitment than to pin the blame on each other for trying to wiggle out of it. Gorbachev annoyed the U.S. by unveiling a series of grandiose arms-control...
...arms control. Shevardnadze handed Reagan a personal letter from Gorbachev replying to arms- control proposals the President had made in July. The Soviet Foreign Minister also hinted at further concessions toward an INF agreement. He and Shultz wound up their meetings expressing unexpected optimism about prospects for a summit and an INF accord -- if only the Daniloff issue could somehow be resolved...
...After insisting that Daniloff was an "innocent hostage," Reagan went on to say the Geneva talks held out the hope that the "ice of the negotiating stalemate could break." The U.S., he said, "is prepared to conclude an interim (INF) agreement without delay." The President did not mention a summit, but Shevardnadze filled in that gap the next day. The key passage in his speech: "Lately, encouraging outlines of meaningful agreements have been emerging. A summit meeting is also a realistic possibility. We could move forward rather smoothly, if that is what the U.S. side wants...
...best proof that Reagan does want a summit is that he has been willing to endure scathing criticism from right-wing supporters who wanted him to force a full-scale showdown with Moscow over Daniloff's detention. (The public, however, seems to approve of the President's course. Three-quarters of the people questioned in a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll published last week thought Reagan should go to a summit even if Daniloff was still stuck in Moscow; only 18% said he should not.) Reagan badly wants to wind up his presidency in a blaze of glory...
...willing to deal as Reagan has become or will have the enormous popularity that would enable Reagan to sell a bargain to the U.S. public. Gorbachev seems eager for an arms deal of some kind: he might suffer a heavy propaganda defeat if he refused to go to a summit, but he has vowed repeatedly not to be put off again with a smile and a handshake as he was in Geneva. In recent days the Soviets seem to have seized on an INF agreement as an excuse rather than a precondition for a summit. When one American journalist remarked...