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...detailing various arms-control scenarios that might be played out at the summit. But Thatcher, supported by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, thought more was required. A spokesman quoted her as telling Reagan at the minisummit that "you have to re-present or reformulate your arms-control position before Geneva or there will be trouble." Reagan could not give her a clear answer because, as Shultz put it the next day, "the President has made no decision yet on just what is an appropriate response" to the latest Soviet proposals...
Reagan's initiative on regional issues was, his advisers say, only the first step in an effort to emphasize other issues besides arms control before next month's summit. In his U.N. address, the President portentously pledged that "before leaving for Geneva, I shall make major new proposals" to overcome the division of Europe, which, he said, "nothing can justify." Advisers indicate that "major" might have been an overstatement; the proposals are likely to involve more open communications and greater movement across East-West borders. Then there will be human rights, always a touchy topic for any Soviet leader...
...Shevardnadze, for his part, was quite diplomatic when asked if he found any encouraging aspects to Reagan's speech. "If there were no positive seeds," said the smooth Soviet as his private talk with Reagan was about to begin, "we would not have met at all." The challenge of Geneva will be to nourish, rather than trample upon, seeds that by even the most optimistic reading are exceedingly rare and fragile. --By George J. Church. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett/Washington and Johanna McGeary/New York
...party and parley, the two activities being indistinguishable. Who said what about whom over the angel-hair pasta got as much notice as who said what in the chamber. After the Charles and Di outing in Washington, the power people will pick up their Louis Vuittons and head for Geneva and the U.S.-Soviet summit in November. The wits of Reagan and Gorbachev will be compared, but so will the coiffures of Nancy and Raisa...
...relaxed, wide-ranging conversation that lasted for more than an hour, China's leader offered his thoughts on economic reform in his country and how it can be sustained, the new problem of corruption, Chinese relations with the Soviet Union and next month's Reagan-Gorbachev summit meeting in Geneva. As is his custom, Deng chain-smoked throughout the meeting. Speaking in his deep, heavily Sichuan-accented voice, he was by turns tough, charming and self-effacing. Excerpts from the session...