Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With some justification, political observers are agreeing that last week's summit was merely a public relations spectacle put on by President Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Indeed, no progress was made in arms control or on regional issues such as Afghanistan and Angola...
Skeptics argue that the summit was designed to strengthen Gorbachev's hand for the upcoming Communist Party conference. This meeting is crucial for the Soviet leader, who will seek approval of measures to loosen Moscow's grip on industry and daily life, to democratize the Communist Party, and to strengthen freedoms of speech, conscience, and assembly...
...decided that this might hurt rather than help their chances of getting a visa. The President does plan, however, to talk to Vera's father Yuri and a dozen other refusenik families at Spaso House, the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Moscow. "People pin all their hopes on the summit," says Vera's mother Tanya. "The old refuseniks are all in a terrible state...
Still, the President was determined to keep human rights at the forefront of the summit. In a speech in Helinski, he charged that "Soviet practice does not -- or does not yet -- measure up" to international standards on human rights. Reagan has praised Mikhail Gorbachev's liberalized emigration policy, but called for laws guaranteeing such rights. Said Reagan: "What are we to think of the continued suppression of those who wish to practice their religious beliefs...
NATION: At the summit, Reagan affirms the detente he has long deplored...