When in doubt, consult "no less than Talleyrand himself," as WFB puts it; and so,

to explicate Reykjavik and the European reaction to it, we're off on a bracing hour with the man who, agree with him or not, has seen more and done more in international affairs than anyone else now living. One sample from Mr. Kissinger: "Gromyko was rather rigid and morbidly suspicious. Gromyko was like an African rhino who charged in a straight line, always quite predictably. Now they've got Dobrynin there, who was ambassador in Washington and who must have taught them that what you see is what you get, and you can afford to accept American proposals because they indeed may not be in the American interest. They may result from a bureaucratic compromise."