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...here is immensely important. I think it is only after the Russians know that the main legs of the alliance are staying absolutely firm that we might get some genuine disarmament negotiations going in Geneva. There has been a tremendous feeling this year that the most important thing [at Williamsburg] was cohesiveness and unity among the Western alliance...
...more. We will call each other up more often." Indeed, most of the Europeans' economic concerns were met by little more than a promissory note, one with no specific due date for redemption. The six visitors will be able to determine what, if anything, they accomplished at Williamsburg only by watching the Washington budget process and U.S. interest rates and dollar exchange rates over the corning months...
...While at Williamsburg, Reagan reportedly authorized Kohl to raise the possibility of a U.S.-Soviet summit when he goes to Moscow next month. Some White House advisers believe a meeting with Andropov would help Reagan politically in 1984, since it would probably soften his cold warrior image. But others reportedly feel that it could backfire unless it yields progress on arms control. In the past, Reagan has said he would be willing to sit down with his Soviet counterpart only if there was a chance of producing substantive results...
Shultz's praise for Pickering glossed over a power struggle that has absorbed Washington ever since the Secretary of State abruptly announced on an airplane bound for the Williamsburg summit that he would replace the tall, patrician Enders. According to the Administration, the shift was merely routine. In fact, it brought into the open a fight over who would control U.S. policy in Central America and especially in embattled El Salvador. In theory, the change left Shultz in absolute charge of Central American affairs, but some skeptics wondered if the shuffle might leave more authority with the White House...
...Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher returned to London from the Williamsburg summit, a crushing Conservative victory in this week's parliamentary elections seemed all but assured. Still, there were unexpected signs of voter uneasiness with the prospect of a Thatcher landslide. A poll by Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) showed the Tories with a comfortable though dwindling eleven-point lead over Labor. Yet the survey also indicated an upsurge in the fortunes of the centrist Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance, mostly at Thatcher's expense. In a week the level of support for the Conservatives dropped from...