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OCR Page 1 of 43LOS ANGELES TIMES
THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 1971
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 1971
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Mr. Nixon's Visit to Moscow
Now it will be Moscow as well as Peking.
sobering backdrop to new hopes for agree-
And the months ahead are open to extra-
ment from the Strategic Arms Limitation
ordinary opportunity for a consummation
Talks.
of new steps toward American-Soviet de-
tente just as they are open to the explora-
Mr. Nixon has insisted from the start
tion and rediscovery of relations between
that there can be more harm than good
China and the United States.
unless the summit does something. The
spirit of Camp David and Glassboro was
The giants of world power will be in new
not substantiated. One result was public
and more intimate communication. But
disillusionment.
one can only dimly imagine how they will
influence the course of world events.
The President said yesterday that
President Nixon's summit meeting next
agreement by the four powers on Berlin
May in Moscow runs less risk of failure
had persuaded him that the time had come
than most of the summits of the past be-
to climb to the summit. Nothing is more
cause his path to Moscow has been paved
important to Europe. And he could also
with substantiál preliminary agreements.
cite other hopes for substantial steps in re-
laxing East-West tensions. The Strategic
The agenda already is long. Some of the
Arms Limitation Talks "may be behind
agenda items duplicate what other Pres-
us" by the time the summit convenes, he
idents talked about to other Soviet leaders
said.
on the tortuous path from Geneva and
Camp David to Vienna and Glassboro. This
Some indication of the sweep of the
is a reminder that summits of themselves
agenda was given by Mr. Nixon's specific
solve nothing. But some of the agenda
reference to both Southeast Asia and the
items reflect agreement where none
Middle East. He hastened to add that
seemed possible when last the art of sum-
American involvement in Vietnam might
mitry was practiced, and there is in that a
have ended by the time of the meeting. He
vague reassurance that the slow process of
did not need to remind reporters that he
peacemaking can sometimes be accelerat-
regards the Middle East as one of the most
ed by this sort of meeting.
dangerous points of potential confronta-
tion between Washington and Moscow.
Some uneasiness is inescapable in the
unhappy coincidence that Soviet Foreign
It was a confident and optimistic Pres-
Minister Andrei Gromyko was formalizing
ident who unfolded these travel plans. He
the invitation just about the time Ameri-
knows the risks of what he is doing. But
can intelligence satellites were uncovering
also the rewards. He has gone about plan-
evidence of an immense buildup of strate-
ning both trips the right way. If he suc-
gic weapons in the Soviet Union. That is a
ceeds, the nation will succeed with him.
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