To Talk or Not to Talk

The “jaw-jaw/war-war” antithesis, not the happiest of Churchill phrases, is permanently enshrined in the minds of all diplomats and most politicians. I write at a time when Mrs. Thatcher is back from a highly publicized trip to Hungary and when President Reagan is undoubtedly under much pressure to have his first summit meeting with Konstantin Chernenko.

The British prime minister has come under fire from the same staunch supporters who criticized her attitude over the liberation of Grenada, and of course has been praised by those who attacked her during her Iron Lady days. The same people (the praisers of this moment) are holding her up as an example to the “trigger-happy” American President.

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The “jaw-jaw/war-war” antithesis, not the happiest of Churchill phrases, is permanently enshrined in the minds of all diplomats and most politicians. I write at a time when Mrs. Thatcher is back from a highly publicized trip to Hungary and when President Reagan is undoubtedly under much pressure to have his first summit meeting with Konstantin Chernenko.

The British prime minister has come under fire from the same staunch supporters who criticized her attitude over the liberation of Grenada, and of course has been praised by those who attacked her during her Iron Lady days. The same people (the praisers of this moment) are holding her up as an example to the “trigger-happy” American President.