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Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev endorsed still another arms-control idea last week, this one for a zone in central Europe free of chemical weapons. The U.S. rejected the notion as quickly as it thumbed down Gorbachev's suggestion last month for a moratorium on underground nuclear tests. Presidential Spokesman Larry Speakes called the chemical-free zone a "resurfacing and repackaging of ideas we have heard before" and added that, besides, it would be difficult to verify...
...knowledge of Soviet agents and British moles enabled him to tip off British counterintelligence regarding a wide range of Soviet spying. He was also said to have provided sophisticated assessments of Soviet foreign and military policy: he reportedly advised his British contacts well before Konstantin Chernenko's death that Mikhail Gorbachev was certain to assume the Soviet leadership, and provided information on the Soviet Union's military space program...
...five Soviet journalists ordered to leave Britain was Mikhail Bogdanov, an affable correspondent for the newspaper Socialist Industry, who often entertained British colleagues at the House of Commons press bar and at dinner parties. One British newsman remembered a gathering at which Soviet guests, including Bogdanov, began joking about spies and the KGB. "Of course, I'm a KGB officer," said Bogdanov, smiling. "But Nadia (his wife) is more senior. She is a colonel. I am only a major...
...Gucci gewgaws can be found on Fifth Avenue and Rodeo Drive, as well as in department stores like Macy's and Denver Dry Goods. Great care is taken to maintain the quality that has earned the loyalty of such customers as King Juan Carlos of Spain and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's wife Raisa, as well as of those of more modest means who can afford only the occasional status symbol...
...influence, but perils surround him. As he heads into what may be the most challenging weeks of his presidency, Ronald Reagan must do battle over deficits, trade, taxes, farm aid and the positions he will take in Geneva at the November summit with the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev...