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...Soviet disarmament talks in Geneva, governments played down the incident. At first the Soviet Union made no comment. In neutral Finland, where soldiers scoured the border area by helicopter and snowmobile in the bitter cold, officials quietly checked with Moscow to see what had happened. President Mauno Koivisto declared in a New Year's message that cruise missiles were causing "insecurity" in Scandinavia and called on both NATO and the Warsaw Pact to accept a ban on such weapons in northern Europe. But his remarks had been recorded a week earlier and were not precipitated by the wayward missile...
...known for taking long vacations: he was absent from Moscow for nine weeks last summer. The Soviet leader may simply be taking another long vacation this year. If so, however, he will have to reappear at least by the last week in September, when Finland's President Mauno Koivisto is scheduled to pay an official visit to Moscow...
...image of vigor and strength. But as early as Andropov's appearance at the state reception following Brezhnev's funeral, many foreign dignitaries were struck by the telltale signs of frailty and age that belied his reputation for mental agility. During the visit of Finnish President Mauno Koivisto in June 1983, Andropov had to be helped to his seat at a Kremlin banquet. When the Soviet leader met with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl the following month, his eyes were clear and alert, but his right hand visibly shook...
...have wanted the title of President was to enhance his position as a national leader in the event of a summit meeting with Ronald Reagan. Yet abroad as well as at home, concern centers on Andropov's health. Earlier this month, during the visit of Finnish President Mauno Koivisto, a Western diplomat in Moscow reported that Andropov appeared like "a weak old man." On other occasions aides have had to help him walk up and down steps. U.S. officials now wonder if the Soviet leader could stand the physical strain of a summit with Reagan. As Andropov accumulates power...
...domestic affairs, Koivisto tends to be austerity-minded (he calls himself a conservative Social Democrat). In foreign affairs, he is expected to do nothing to alter the foundation of his nation's policy: its close working relationship with the Soviet Union, an intimacy that has made "Finlandization" an operative word in every diplomat's vocabulary. During his campaign, Koivisto said that "stable and confidential relations with the Soviet Union have been and will be the central element of Finland's foreign policy." In Finland, no serious and prudent candidate could make any other pledge...