THE PROTRACTED CONFLICT

MUDDLING THROUGH

By an arresting coincidence, the world economic summit in London followed immediately on the celebrations, on the beaches of Normandy, of the fortieth anniversary of the D-Day landings. This enabled Mrs. Thatcher and Mr. Reagan to do their bit on the beaches—along with President Mitterrand and others, including the outgoing Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau—and then come along to Lancaster House in London.