European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 28, 1988 the stars and stripes Moscow scrubbing polishing image Moscow a if the while satellite dishes Noli painting West from the in Siya hotel past the Krem Lin s ancient Church domes Codon t indicate something Imp on the new pain and pavement  docs. Unusual is 5vorovsky s Moscow is being inundated with american officials and Western correspondents bringing the latest i Cark. Nogy 10 cover president Reagan s five Day visit be traditionally ii trying to right itself after another Long ginning sunday. Cold Wimer. The tick traffic that roars alow the or Anu in tradition officials Are painting paving and Den ring Road Stow to a crawl Ai workers fill another otherwise sprucing up to ensure that Reagan and those accompanying him get the Best possible View of the soviet capital Reagan comes to Moscow at a Lime when the City Spring crop of potholes and scaffolding goes up on buildings everywhere. Red tulips planted in squares and along boulevards Are in Boom As arc the ii tet bordering sidewalks and apartment  the City. Stately Chestnut Tran arc in Boom on the Kremlin lawns. The Sun rises about i . And does t set until almost 10 pm leaving a purple glow in the sky until almost Midnight. Bui this year the Spring cleaning has taken on a particularly urgent air around several of the places Reagan will visit. The Short Street leading from the Garden ring Road to Spaso House the . Ambassador s residence where Reagan will slay has been repaired for the firs time in years. Muscovite Milt t display of Ameln Orihue upcoming Summit in Sot Iel pm not it store. The soviet supreme court building several Block away appears to have been Given a new Coal of pain. The foreign ministry press Center where Moscow Mast important press conference arc held has been undergoing repairs for weeks to improve the seats . S news Agency said newspapers and magazines from around the world not just the usual Sclee Linn of put a rpm the soviet bloc will be available Flthe press Curtic nut week. At sunts  said they had noticed no increases in Supply s of Eul Down on the lines Hinl gather in the streets. One Young woman joked that closer to Reagan s arrival maybe Hily la even bring oui sugar which has been in Short Supply in he Capi foreign ministry spokesman Gennady i. Gerasimov said in an interview with inc newspaper acc Himaya moskva that about 3,000 to reign journalists Are expected for the Summit half from Penni Media and half from radio and television. Poll muscovites soviet jews demonstrate told not to meet Reagan More optimistic on Summit meet by the new York to Law Moscow resident express far More of limit than americans do about the prospects for the Summit meeting Between Mikhail a Gorbachev and president Reagan according to polls taken in both countries. But while americans show Couch More Skepi cism or caution in their expectations for he up coming meeting Between the to leaders they Are far More favourably inclined toward Gorba Chev than muscovites an toward Reagan who enjoys Only a narrowly favourable balance of opinion in Moscow. These con rain emerge from comparable questions m separate polls of Moscow residents and of the american Public. The soviet finding Are based on interviews with 939 Moscow rest dents conducted by inc Institute for sociological research of the soviet Academy of sciences for the new York times arid lbs news on May 7, a 14, and is. The american findings Are based on the latest new York times lbs news poll of 1,382 american Aduss nationwide conducted May 9.12. Both were Telephone palls. In the Moscow poll 70 percent said that the Summit meeting Between Gorbachev and Rea Gan could be an important step toward improve Moscow a authorities allowed an unusually Large demonstration thursday by soviet jews who have been denied permission to emigrate and who urged president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev la take up their cause at the superpower Summit. Despite the tolerance of the protest a Leningrad ref Ulcnik the term for jews refused permission to leave the country said the Kab secret police has warned him against accepting an invitation to meet Reagan on monday. Reagan Plant to meet monday afternoon at Spaso House the . Ambassador s residence with the activists and refuseniks to underscore his concern for human rights problems. The soviet Govro Mcnol has not objected to Ilie meeting. On thursday soviet officials holding a news Confer ence on the Summit