Heading Toward a Quiet Summit

Reagan is promised no confrontation in Ottawa

So far Ronald Reagan has met foreign heads of government one by one, either as host when they visited Washington or on brief trips to Mexico and Canada. Next week he will get his first taste of summitry as leaders of the seven mightiest non-Communist industrial powers meet in Canada for the latest in a series of annual conferences devoted to economic affairs. It promises to be a quiet and, at least on the surface, harmonious session, in keeping with its rustic setting. Le Chateau Montebello, 40 miles east of Ottawa, is the world's...

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