Reagan Takes Off for Summit; Stress on Gulf Issues Likely
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WASHINGTON — President Reagan, promising to seek ways to “strengthen Western solidarity,” set out for Italy today for an economic summit likely to be dominated more by trouble in the Persian Gulf than by trade disputes and currency imbalances.
The President got a send-off from his Cabinet, White House staff members who are staying behind and the graduating class of James Madison High School from Vienna, Va., gathered outside the White House under dark, overcast skies.
The Reagans will arrive in Venice shortly before midnight local time and take up residence for five nights at Villa Condulmer, a hotel about 20 miles outside the city.
On Saturday, they will make a one-day trip to Rome to meet with Pope John Paul II, and on Monday, the President will move into Venice for three days of summit talks on San Giorgio, one of the city’s 117 islands.
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