IT is probably one of the most difficult jobs in modern diplomatic history. "It makes the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks look like a kindergarten scene," says a top official of the U.S. State Department. The job is to lay the groundwork for a proposed conference between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact nations to bring about the reduction of armed forces in Europe. Earlier this year, Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev surprised the West by suddenly endorsing its longstanding proposal for such troop cutbacks. NATO, suggested Brezhnev, should try tasting "the wine" of Moscow's intentions. Last week, at...
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