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...idea for settling the dispute, advanced by McFarlane, was to turn arms-control negotiations over to a newly appointed "czar" to coordinate policy. Not surprisingly, that notion, especially if the czar reported directly to the President, appealed neither to Shultz nor to Weinberger. Their combined opposition has made the issue a sore point...
...Shultz argued that Reagan, if he is to make good his pledge to break the yearlong impasse with the Soviets, must take personal charge of arms-control policy. That would be something of a departure for Reagan, who generally lets his staff reach a consensus before he acts. Shultz's argument was sound but also self-serving, since Reagan's commitment to easing the nuclear threat would automatically put him on the side of those in the State Department who advocate a flexible approach. Says one senior State Department official: "If the President wants what he says...
...recent U.S. rhetoric, Chernenko declared, "If the statements that are being made lately hi Washington with regard to the desire to seek solutions to problems of arms limitation do not remain just words, we could, at last, start moving toward more normal relations between our two countries." Responded Shultz: "We agree with the goals he states...
...policy intentions into practical steps," admits a State Department official. "We have not resolved the internal impediments there yet." For their part, the Soviets are apparently hamstrung by the uncertain leadership of the aging and ailing Politburo. They seem capable of responding only tentatively to overtures from the U.S. Shultz, for example, has made no secret of his desire to visit Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders early next year. At Indira Gandhi's funeral, when Soviet Premier Nikolai Tikhonov expressed standard diplomatic hopes that he would one day see Shultz in the Soviet capital, the Secretary of State...
...similar case of schizophrenia seemed to be afflicting the Reagan Administration. At a meeting of the 31-member Organization of American States in Brasilia, Secretary of State George Shultz pooh-poohed the Nicaraguan war hysteria as "self-induced... based on nothing." Said he: "Obviously they're trying to whip up their own population. But I can't imagine what the reason is for doing that." Then Shultz provided a possible answer. The U.S., he said in reference to Nicaragua's Soviet-sponsored arms buildup, was "trying to work in any way we can to cast this aggressive...