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Kennedy's message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo.Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. Inreturn, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand inchallenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. "The only realpotential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace andSoviet-American relations," the memorandum stated. "These issues,according to the senator, will without a doubt become the mostimportant of the election campaign."