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...confident leader who already felt himself to be in full control of Soviet policy. After the meeting the Vice President issued a conciliatory statement that said, "The challenges, while enormous, are far from insurmountable." Soviet officials below Andropov voiced even more soothing words. The most notable came from Nikolai Tikhonov, who holds what in the U.S.S.R. is the subordinate title of Premier. Said he: "The Soviet Union has been and is for normal and, even better, friendly relations with the United States. There were such relations in the past, and they can again become a reality...
...life was detente. Of course, he was deeply disappointed by the sharp change of policy of the U.S." After speeches by Andropov, Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, Academy of Sciences President Anatoli Alexandrov and a factory worker, pallbearers led by Andropov on the left and by Premier Nikolai Tikhonov on the right carried the coffin to another bier behind the mausoleum. There the family bade its last farewell to Brezhnev. His widow Victoria was overcome by emotion as she kissed her husband's face according to the Russian tradition. As an artillery salute boomed out and a military band played...
...Andropov came in through a side door, accompanied by Tikhonov, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Supreme Soviet Deputy Chairman Vasili Kuznetsov, the new Kremlin leader surprised everyone with his appearance. Pale and looking far older than in his official portraits, Andropov walked with a slow, distinctive gait. He put each leg forward cautiously, his head down as if he were studying the design on the red carpet laid in his path. One guest, a Briton, whispered, "Why, he can hardly see!" Indeed, as Andropov raised his head to face the waiting foreign envoys, his thick bifocal glasses betrayed a vision...
...then the verbal volley suddenly stopped. In a warm, conciliatory speech before the assembled businessmen at a Kremlin dinner, Premier Tikhonov called for "normal and, even better, friendly relations" between the two countries. At the end of Tikhonov's talk, Hartman told the Premier, "Now that's what I call a good speech." Tikhonov smiled faintly...
...post that Brezhnev held concurrently with that of Party General Secretary for the last five years of his life. Although the presidency is largely a ceremonial position, it does confer an aura of importance on the man who fills it. Speculation in Moscow last week centered on Chernenko or Tikhonov for the presidency if Andropov does not aspire to it himself. Andropov's behind-the-scenes maneuvering should keep him fully occupied as he moves to consolidate his power. Meanwhile, the signals emanating from Moscow are likely to remain ambiguous, if not downright confusing. -By Patricia Blake. Reported...