Kissinger Associates Can Sleep Soundly

By Janice Castro

Reagan, Gorbachev, Thatcher Inc. -- think of the attention a consulting firm with that name would command! MARGARET THATCHER certainly thinks so. The former British Prime Minister wants to team up with the other two ex-leaders in a "supertroika" to dole out advice on global affairs. "We managed to do a lot for world peace and democracy," she explained to the BBC. A senior British Cabinet Minister who views her plan as a slap at the successors to the three leaders calls Thatcher's idea "barmy." In any case, the troika has only one member so far: Gorbachev and Reagan are maintaining a polite silence.

With reporting by Wendy Cole