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...time, members of the Dartmouth Group labeled the Soviet attitude as unexpectedly negative, primarily because it came only one month after some relatively moderate public remarks by the new Soviet leader Konstantin U. Chernenko and some less strident comments to two visiting U.S. senators...
Shortly after Yuri Andropov succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader in November 1982, there was talk in Moscow of a face-saving pullout from the costly war of attrition. But Konstantin Chernenko, who replaced Andropov after that leader's death last February, seems uninterested in the notion. "We detected a hardening once Chernenko came to power," says Abdullah Osman, head of the Mujahedin-run Union of Afghan Doctors. Sure enough, Soviet troops recently stepped up patrols along both the southeastern border with Pakistan and the western border with Iran. "If the enemies of the motherland do not surrender," warned...
...Chernenko gets another title, a younger leader's star continues to rise he Soviet people know Konstantin Chernenko as a staunch fighter for Communism and peace. He has shown remarkable qualities of leadership throughout his many years of service," and has devoted "all his knowledge to building the economy and defense potential of the Soviet Union." That was but one of the tributes to their new leader that the 1,500 members of the Supreme Soviet, the country's nominal parliament, heard last week as they gathered in the Great Kremlin Palace. Speaking in a mellifluous if slightly...
East-West relations dominated the private talks at the White House. Arguing that Moscow now realizes that it cannot drive a wedge between the U.S. and Europe, Mitterrand urged Reagan to look for a "signal" that could lead to a dialogue with the Soviets. Reagan and Soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko have exchanged letters over the past few weeks, but the polite missives have broken no new ground. Said a senior Administration official: "Thus far the Soviets have given no indication they are willing to resume talks...
With the emergence of Konstantin Chernenko in the Kremlin [WORLD, Feb. 27], the U.S. thinks it can now deal with the "new leadership." The Soviet Union is still controlled by the same circle that has seen guiding the country all the while. Under Chernenko, the U.S.S.R. may deviate only a few degrees from its former course. Nevertheless, we must continue to urge the Soviets to steer in the right direction...