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...those in Moscow do. We interrupted too." It seemed to be "a shouting match," suggested one reporter. Not quite, said Shultz, just a "frank argument." But he left Moscow with no agreement even over whether the President and Gorbachev should issue a joint communiqué at the end of the summit meeting. The Soviets have proposed one, but Shultz's team answered in effect: Let's wait and see how the talks...
...that subject, Shultz ventured a prediction of sorts: If Gorbachev takes the same combative line in Geneva that he did in Moscow, the summit could become "something of a spectator sport. The President is an old hand at this." Said the Secretary, with a weary grin: "I'm looking forward...
...only obligatory public appearances at last week's celebrations of the 68th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, reviewing the traditional parade of Soviet military might from atop the Lenin Mausoleum in Red Square on Thursday and delivering a brief address at a Kremlin reception expressing hope for a "fruitful" summit. But the Revolution Day symbolism was every bit as unyielding as any of Gorbachev's remarks to his American visitors. NO TO STAR WARS proclaimed many of the posters tacked up around Moscow...
...Soviet people." The President expanded his regular weekly radio speech from five minutes to ten and had it beamed worldwide over the Voice of America network. It was a highly personal talk stressing Americans' political and moral values and yearning for peace, and it alluded only briefly to the summit. Said the President: "I hope my discussions with Mr. Gorbachev in Geneva will be fruitful and will lead to future meetings. We seek peace not only for ourselves but for all those who inhabit this small planet." Translators rendered the speech into 42 languages, including Russian, Ukrainian and other tongues...
...backtracked to say that if the Soviets would not do away with offensive systems, the U.S. would deploy SDI anyway. All the same, the original gaffe was an unnerving example of the tendency toward impulsive misstatement that Reagan will have to guard against when talking to Gorbachev at the summit...