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...That narrow scope for united action was duly noted during Saturday's minisummit in Paris. "Each government will operate with its own methods and means but in a coordinated manner," Sarkozy said of European reaction to the crisis. In saying that, he clearly didn't suspect that Merkel would issue a unilateral savings guarantee the next day. Still, Sarkozy and his fellow E.U. leaders also made it clear that it may now be too late to do much else but limit the extent of the damage in the current drama and await new global rules on finance and business ethics...
Reagan arrived at Hofdi house first on Saturday morning to be host at the opening session of the minisummit, coat-less in the strong seaside breeze and carrying a Manila folder. The Gorbachev limousine arrived a minute before schedule. When the General Secretary emerged from his car, Reagan was not at the door to meet him. Gorbachev glanced at his watch. A few seconds passed. As Gorbachev climbed the steps, the door suddenly swung open, and a slightly flustered Reagan stepped out to shake hands. Both looked at their watches, shrugged and smiled for the cameras...
...Soviets, who do not believe in coincidence, were struck not only by what Reagan said but by where he said it. According to a senior Soviet diplomat, Reagan's Glassboro speech contributed to Gorbachev's interest in a minisummit similar to the Glassboro meeting...
LaRouche, who warned that he would not "submit passively to an arrest," apparently blames his troubles on the Communists: a spokesman claimed Soviet Communist Party Leader Mikhail Gorbachev had "demanded the head of LaRouche on a platter" prior to the Iceland minisummit. But his real adversaries are closer to home. The Leesburg raid was almost a community effort: residents, wary of the paranoid strangers in town, provided furtive assistance to investigators, taking down auto-license numbers of LaRouche followers and reporting suspicious behavior. LaRouche has "alienated a lot of the local people," said a police officer. "He called two elderly...
...healing process began Oct. 19 in Rome with a "Dear Bettino ... Sincerely, Ron" letter from the White House, hand-delivered to Craxi by Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead. After reading the President's conciliatory message, Craxi announced his intention to attend last week's minisummit in New York City called by Reagan. Hours before that meeting, the two men had a 25-minute chat. Craxi, who later described their conversation as "good, and not falsely friendly," reiterated the reasons why he had ignored Washington's Oct. 12 request for the provisional arrest of Mohammed Abul Abbas Zaidan...