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...spend their time attending industrial shows and gathering all manner of data that might be helpful to Soviet technology. Shortly after the defection had been revealed, a delivery van arrived at the Soviet Trade Mission in London carrying a British-made Apricot home computer. It had been ordered by Viktor Logush, who was on the expulsion list; Soviet officials refused to accept the delivery...
...bite-size pastries), mineral water, lemon soda and cut- glass vases filled with colored pencils. Extensively briefed by his aides, Gorbachev had brought along typewritten notes ruled in red, blue and green. He also brought an expert: seated next to him was Georgi Arbatov, Moscow's best- known Americanologist. Viktor Sukhodrev, who has served as the top-level Kremlin interpreter since the Khrushchev era, again acted in that role...
...ouster seems to be a case in point. Before Gorbachev's selection as General Secretary, Romanov was regarded by many Kremlinologists as a serious contender for the leadership. According to some reports, Romanov led the opposition to Gorbachev inside the Politburo by nominating another Old Guardsman, Moscow Party Chief Viktor Grishin, 70, as a candidate for General Secretary...
...second six-week phase of the arms-control talks began in midweek, Max Kampelman, the chief U.S. negotiator, said that he had returned from Washington armed with "negotiating flexibility"; his Soviet counterpart, Viktor Karpov, described himself as a "practical optimist." Nonetheless, the prognosis for progress was gloomy. Reagan shows no inclination to back down on Star Wars. Indeed, two U.S. arms-control officials suggested last week that the 1972 antiballistic-missile treaty might have to be revised to accommodate space technologies. As Brandt said after his Moscow visit, "It will be very, very difficult to find a common denominator...
...influence of Andropov, a former KGB chief who was Gorbachev's mentor, was particularly evident in the new leader's Politburo choices. First among them, in terms of seniority, was Viktor Chebrikov, 62, Andropov's handpicked successor as head of the KGB. Chebrikov was trained as a metallurgical engineer, then labored as a Communist Party functionary in Dnepropetrovsk before Andropov made him a KGB deputy chairman in 1968. Chebrikov is well chosen as a guardian of Communist conformity: in 1981 he railed against the "contamination of Soviet youth by Western ideas" and has since waged campaigns against "reactionary theological concepts...