Volume 33, Number 18 · November 20, 1986
An Icelandic Saga
By Stanley Hoffmann
The Geneva summit of November 1985, held after months of preparation, turned out to be an exercise in deliberate ambiguity.[1] The improvised meeting of Reagan and Gorbachev in Reykjavik resulted in unprecedented confusion. It took more than a week to dig out what actually happened from under the public relations rubble accumulated by American officials, who moved, with breath-taking speed and an eye on the electorate, from unwarranted despair to unjustified optimism.
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