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What was more, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko indicated, the Soviets would do it again. Said he, at an international conference in Madrid: "Soviet territory, the borders of the Soviet Union are sacred. No matter who resorts to provocations of that kind, he should know that he will bear the full brunt of responsibility for it." Kirkpatrick had already given the U.S. response at the U.N.: "Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations...
...multiyear grain agreement in Moscow, ending a three-year impasse over U.S. grain sales to the Soviet Union. Washington also backed away from previous objections to the sale of pipeline equipment by U.S. firms to the Soviets. Shultz was scheduled to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Madrid this week, and the two countries were slated to resume two sets of arms negotiations within a month. There was even talk of moving-slowly, of course-toward a summit...
That was his second trip to Italy in two years. He has also seen France twice. In 1981, when a trip to the Soviet Union fell through because of difficulties with visas, he simply redirected his tour group to Copenhagen, Budapest, Istanbul, Athens and Madrid. Since 1981, the Congressman has taken nine tours to 18 countries, all at taxpayers' expense...
Without specifically mentioning the U.S. decision to send a naval flotilla to the coast of Nicaragua and some 5,000 troops to participate in military exercises in Honduras, De la Madrid warned the U.S. that regional stability might be endangered "by shows of force that threaten to touch off a conflagration." Reagan, who was dressed in a blue guayabera, reaffirmed the tough U.S. policy in Central America. "We believe people should be able to determine their own solutions," he declared, "and that's why we've responded to calls for help from certain of our Latin American neighbors...
Reagan told De la Madrid last week that the U.S. would welcome further diplomatic assistance in the region. Mexico's quiet diplomacy was helpful in arranging the meeting between U.S. Ambassador Richard Stone and exiled Salvadoran Opposition Leader Ruben Zamora in Colombia last month. Sepulveda has hinted that the same communication lines are still open to broaden U.S. contacts with other Salvadoran guerrilla leaders. Whatever the differences that divide, Mexico will have to play a role commensurate with its size and prominence...