An American offer, a Russian riposte and an election-year ticket to Peking
It began as one of those rare weeks when the Reagan Administration not only had pulled its often disjointed foreign policy act together but was scoring practical successes as well. A U.S.-assisted truce took effect among Lebanon's warring factions. President Reagan, in prime oratorical form, unveiled his new arms control initiatives in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. The performance earned praise from U.S. allies in Western Europe and put pressure on the Soviet Union to show similar flexibility....
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