Word: summiteer
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...will be staying, has been repaved. Buildings opposite the Kremlin have been repainted in pastel colors. Even the grassy boulevard in front of a home Nancy Reagan may visit has been replanted. Like a latter-day Potemkin village, Moscow last week was being spruced up for next week's summit meeting between Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. But the most noteworthy preparation for the superpower sit-down was in progress about 2,000 miles from the Kremlin on the dusty, sunbaked plateaus of northern Afghanistan. There a convoy of nearly 300 tanks, trucks and armored personnel carriers rumbled across...
With the pullout from Afghanistan under way, a contentious issue in East- West relations has become a mere footnote to the summit agenda. The withdrawal lays the groundwork for what may be the most amiable -- and least productive -- of the four superpower meetings that have punctuated the Reagan presidency...
Since no START agreement is in sight, the highlight of the Moscow meeting will probably be a replay of last December's summit in Washington: the signing of the final draft of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty to abolish medium-and short-range nuclear missiles. Only a few weeks ago, hopes were fading that a skeptical U.S. Senate would ratify the treaty in time for the summit. But prospects brightened when Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze were able to work out last-minute questions about verification...
With no major new arms-control pact ready to be signed, the Moscow summit promises to be devoid of drama. Instead, it will consist mainly of the signing of protocols and agreements on trade and cultural exchange. "It is, after all, a rather ceremonial affair," said a Soviet editor. "It is a chance for your President to see Moscow. He is welcome." Reagan will attend the Bolshoi Ballet, visit a monastery and field questions from students at Moscow State University; First Lady Nancy will travel to Leningrad...
...part, Moscow is intent on placating its foreign antagonists because Gorbachev would rather spend his energy on reforms at home. As the meeting with Reagan drew nearer, Soviet leaders were preoccupied with an even more crucial domestic summit, the Communist Party Conference set for June 28. Last Thursday the Politburo decided to call a plenum of the 307-member Central Committee to discuss the party conference...