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...hoopla, the most important moment in Geneva was likely to have been the most personal and private one. On Tuesday morning at 10:05, shortly after meeting for the first time, Reagan and Gorbachev were scheduled to excuse themselves from the ceremonial opening din and sit down together in a tranquil room in the villa Fleur d'Eau with only their interpreters. No battalions of advisers, no swarms of reporters. Alone in the room with just their wits and their heavy sense of responsibility. That is when, in all likelihood, the full wonder of the moment will have most powerfully...
When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, large numbers of Americans shared his determination to build up U.S. armaments and take a hard stance against Soviet expansionism. But as Reagan prepared for this week's meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva, a TIME poll showed more support for reaching an accommodation with the Soviet Union than at any other time during his presidency. The U.S. public strongly favors making significant progress in talks with the Soviets, particularly on nuclear arms control, even while it is dubious about any likely success. Alkthough a majority of Americans favor development of the President...
Much of the dubiousness can be laid to misgivings about the two main players in Geneva and their willingness to strive seriously for an arms-control agreement. Despite a flurry of artfully crafted public appearances, Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev remains an unknown quantity to the American public. Some 93% of the survey group admitted knowing little or nothing about the new Soviet leader; 47% of those who know at least something about Gorbachev suspect that he cannot be counted upon to honor his end of a bargain. Gorbachev's public relations efforts and his youth (by past Politburo standards) notwithstanding...
...President's hawkish summit stance, many voters claim they feel more comfortable after five years of Reagan's defense and foreign policies. Only 16% consider themselves in greater danger militarily because of Reagan's policies, while a full 36% believe they are safer. Perceptions of the legacy from Geneva will doubtless affect those numbers. --By David Beckwith...
...zero-option proposal to cancel the planned U.S. deployment of Pershing and cruise missiles in Europe if the Soviet Union would dismantle its existing SS-20 missiles aimed at European targets. The offer was rejected, but talks on limiting such intermediate nuclear forces (INF) began the same month in Geneva. That December the Soviet-dominated government of Poland cracked down forcefully on growing unrest. Reagan reacted as impractically as Carter had, ordering U.S. companies to stop helping the Soviets build a natural-gas pipeline to Western Europe and later asking European allies to join the boycott by renouncing a raft...