European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes Friday november 29. 1985 columns today s crossword meanings get lost in the shadows by Russell Baker merc is a shadowy talc b Golly. It has to do with the Summit or seems to. But maybe that is not what ii s really truly about. With a shadowy talc deeper mean Ings get lout in the Shade. To begin we Slart in sunlight and clarity at the top of the Mountain. The while House arrived at the Summit in Geneva Switzerland. There were the timeless Airport rituals the timeless redness of the carpet the timeless arrival speeches read to the timeless microphones the timeless cameras another photo Opportunity passed into he annals of multimedia humanity. Yet even in this clarity there was some Mist iness some fog. Some blurring of precision. Yes some hint of a Shadow. For we said remember the White House arrived at the Summit in  but the while House of course did not get off the plane in Geneva it was still in Washington. Childishly ridiculously obvious you say. While House is Only a metaphor. Quite so. Perhaps you will Tell me. Then who or what composed that metaphorical White House in Geneva we saw president and mrs. Reagan. We saw a variety of courtiers servants on the president s payroll a Secretary of slate a spokesperson to Issue offi Cial cliches for Public consumption Ana so on. A it the president who is the White House or is it the whole darn gang right Down to the people who Wash mrs. Reagan s hair curlers after pondering the ques Tion. I for one prefer not to guess who or what this particular White House was. Already you see matters can be More shadowy than they first seemed. The Shadow Here was created by press jargon which allows the Dull willed columnist to speak of the while House arriving at a Summit because he was in fact confused about who has the Power at a meeting of the superpowers. Back to this mystery in a moment but now to mysterious Washington. Mysterious yes mysterious. Here for instance right in Washington whom did we see worrying about Man s Fate bul Caspar w. Weinberger who signs himself Cap in confidential letters to the sometimes i wish Cap w0up just use re6uur mail Pevery president. Cap is the Secretary of defense. That plunges us in stantly into a big big mystery to wit since most people thought weaponry was the biggest Issue to be discussed at the Summit How come Cap was left sitting in Washington 1 perhaps Cap is not powerful enough to be the White House As the Secretary of state and the presi Dent s staff crowd arriving in Geneva seemed to be the White  now for Cap s letter a figure so shadowy he reminds me of Hal Holbrook playing deep Throat in that watergate movie passing Cap s letter to an agent of the new York times. Papers said publication of Cap s letter was most embarrassing for the president. Maybe it was maybe it was t. The shadows Are very dark Here. A Well. Cap s letter you could say it told the president the russians arc cheaters and urges him not to negotiate on the big Points that really interest the rascals. Mystery again since this has Long appeared to be the president s View of the russians and his policy for Deal ing with them Why was the president embarrassed by publication of Cap i letter for that matter Why should Cap have been embarrassed everybody had known for months where he stood. Yet embarrassed he was. He was saying so for publication. He was saying he won id investigate to expose the Fink who spilled the epistolary Beans warmed Over though they were. Who do you think spilled the Beans maybe it was some Loyal Cap assistant maddened by Cap s exclusion from Geneva and doing his Best to show the world that Cap. Though not physically at the Summit was still part of the White  1 do not know. I do not even know How the new York times came by Cap s letter. Such arc the shadows of the modern world that columnists must be kept in utter ignorance lest being confronted with imagination numbing facts they lose their ability to dilate at length on subjects of which they know absolutely nothing. In Geneva a White House official Lovely Shadow there was asked if Cap s letter was intended to sabotage the Summit and said sure it  but the president asked about sabotage said  the whole thing was As usual in his Book just an Idle diver Sion concocted by the press. Did the president really believe this if you think he did answer me this who is the president is it just Ronald Reagan playing the cards very close to his Chest or is it the White House and if so who is the White House and How far docs it Trust president Rea Gan if Cap will meet me in a darkened garage 1 shall have even More questions next time in this space. C new York to Mil wealthy English Home builder picks up last round in his will London a a House builder who died last year left his friends thousands of dollars and the Price of sever Al rounds of drinks to Mark the Good times they had together according to the just published will. Cornelius Nolan died in september 1984 at the age of 62. He left $1.400 to Thomas Kavanagh because he faced up to everything life threw at him and the same amount to Clarry Stagg for being a real  Ken and Patricia Wakefield share a $1,400 legacy for being such Good friends through mud and  Nolan left Johanna Mellody $350 and wrote to her Hope they make As Good a cup of Tea where i am going As you do. I have so enjoyed them Over the  finally he set aside $280 for drinks for his friends at the Crown tavern in his Home Village of Claverdon in Central England. Square for any round i be missed. Have a very Happy night he said. The bequests totalled $423,969. Most of the Money went to Nolan s family. 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