Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, the American commander...

Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, the American commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Europe, was quoted as saying he would like to meet the Soviet commander of Warsaw Pact forces, Marshal Viktor G. Kulikov. “There is always room for dialogue in our profession,” Rogers reportedly told the West German daily Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung. “I would like to sit down with him . . . hear his opinion and tell him mine. I believe it would have a soothing effect on the people on both sides.”