From the moment he arrived in Moscow last week, Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger was in a particularly jovial mood, summoning a wide smile to congratulate Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov on the Russians' surprise victory over the U.S. in Olympic basketball. Then he was driven to a big yellow villa in the Lenin Hills near Moscow State University to await the beginning of talks with Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev and other top Kremlin leaders. Kissinger's early optimism proved justified. By the time he left Moscow four days later, he had helped reach agreement toward the largest trade...
DIPLOMACY: Giant Step in Trade
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