European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes monday october 13, t98b Carl Rowan Petty affairs must be put aside by superpowers when a Summit meeting is wanted badly by a soviet Leader seeking to consolidate Hie Power in the Kremlin and by an outgoing american Leader whose wife wants to consolidate his place in history you Are going to gel a soviet american Summit. As i reflected upon a remarkable week in which american journalist Nicholas Daniloff was allowed to leave the soviet Union without going on trial As a spy accused soviet agent Gennady Zakharov was allowed logo Back to Russia after pleading no contest to charges of trying to steal . Secrets the soviets agreed to Freedom for dissident scientist Yuri Orlov and president Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev decided to hold a pc Summit Mcling in Iceland 1 wound up with this conclusion this is about the Only sane Way in which two Falc Ful by different nuclear Powers can Deal with each other without Imp riling Mankind. Sure we had two Days of outrage by some Ameri cans Over the Daniloff Zakharov  of course no one this Side of the Republican National commit tee accepted inc Reagan line that there was no connection Between the soviets freeing Daniloff and the United slates letting Zakharov go after throwing Dainty Shadow of guilt Over the Latier s head. But this is inc required politics and diplomacy of our real an very dangerous world. In dealing with this planet s other super nuclear Power the president and Secretary of slate must occasionally make concessions that May seem Gallin Gly unacceptable to armchair anti communists or to mister Macho at the Corner bar. In this mini crisis leaders i both Washington and Moscow decided thai it made no sense to hold arms reduction talks and other peace James Reston keeping issues hostage to some National Pride need to prove who could keep Dan loft or Zakharov in prison longer. It angers some that american leaders did not level with us about concessions made to the soviets regard ing spies on the staff of their Mission to the United nations. We can scoff Wilh Good reason at George Shultz s assertion that use of the United nations As an espionage platform is oui soviet spies will be Al i he . As Long As there is a u a. President Reagan says then would have been Nopre Summit Mcling in Iceland no full Summit later if the soviets had rot freed Daniloff. I know of no reason to doubt his veracity. Nor do i know any sane reason Why he and Shultz should not have after Long negotiations Given Gorbachev and foreign minister Edward Shevardnadze a of acc saving escape from their Blunder in taking Daniloff As a hostage. There were after All. Some american mistakes made in the seizure of Zakharov. Daniloff was properly made a Symbol of . Outrage a temporary Barrier to the much desired sum Mit meeting. The funeral policy of expelling numerous soviets Al the . Is justifiable. The Deal under which Daniloff came Lioma is not scandalous. Note that Gorbachev could throw Reagan two link Swec team Daniloff never went to court and Orlov was a Bonus because Gorbachev does not have to satisfy soviet Public opinion but what was the Titca Lete in Reykjavik Iceland what s going on in the arms control talks what s the future of Star wars could the two sides make a truly binding agreement to Stop stockpiling a