January 2, 1983

LONDON IN Western Europe, if such a generalization can be attempted, the United States and the Reagan Administration are regarded at the moment as dangerous. Not so dangerous, of course, except to extreme leftists, as the Soviet Union, and certainly not malign in intent; but dangerous all the same. In Bonn, in Madrid, in Stockholm, in London, politicians and others feel as always that what Washington decides will have as much influence, or even more, on their economic and foreign policies as what they themselves decide. And they have had the feeling for almost two years that things are not under control in Washington. It is uncomfortable, one European foreign minister said, ''to sense that things are done with little regard for us and with great regard for a narrow ideology.''

MOSCOW ONE day last week, the Soviet press accused the Reagan Administration of blocking ''progressive'' resolutions in the United Nations, abetting Israel's teritorial designs in Lebanon, aiding ''murderers, saboteurs and bandits'' in Afghanistan, bribing Pakistan with F-16 fighter-bombers, fomenting fresh trouble in Poland and stalemating the nuclear arms talks in Geneva. By Moscow standards, it was a restrained day. For most of the Administration's two years, the official line has been that Washington was in the hands of a lunatic fringe. Soviet leaders accused President Reagan of launching the ''madness'' of a fresh arms race, attempting to strong-arm Western Europe into submissiveness, stirring ''counterrevolution'' in Poland and backing repressive regimes in South Africa, South Korea and Chile. The line is that all this will fail, crushed beneath ''the wheel of history.'' But how strongly it is believed by the shrewd men who advise the tough-minded new leader, Yuri V. Andropov, is questionable. Soviet advisers probably anticipated that Washington would emerge from doubt and selfreproach after Vietnam and Watergate to reassert its power, particularly to check Soviet advances.

Mario Matthew Cuomo, a Queens lawyer who first ran for public office only eight years ago, was inaugurated today at 1:30 P.M. as the 52d Governor of New York State, pledging that his administration would do more for people than simply balance budgets. The success of his administration in reaching that goal, Mr. Cuomo de- Transcript of address, page 22. clared as he took his oath of office and delivered his inaugural address, will influence government's role throughout the nation. ''This state has always led the way in demonstrating government's best uses,'' said Mr. Cuomo, who, with the defeat of Democrats in California, heads the largest Democratic state administration in the country. ''For more than 50 years without dramatic deviation, whatever party happened to be in power, New York has proven that government can be a positive source for good and it still can be.''

HARTFORD IT will be a new start on some old problems when the General Assembly convenes Wednesday to swear in its new and re-elected members and to witness the inauguration of Governor O'Neill at a joint session in the Hall of the House. Mr. O'Neill will be starting a four-year term, having been elected in his own right. About one-quarter of both the Senate and the House of Representatives will be taking office for the first time, and there will be a few new persons in the leadership posts in both houses. But as the opening-day pageantry fades into the grind of legislative business and the lawmakers settle into a session that will last until June 8, most legislators expect that an old familiar problem - money - will dominate events. What new or higher taxes will be sought to solve an expected budget deficit? Which programs will be pruned to hold down state spending? With a sluggish economy and a perennial budget problem, no one is proposing costly new programs. Like a lot of households, Connecticut's state government will be trying to stretch its resources to meet the obligations it already has.

There are probably many people who have stories to tell about the fun, and maybe even the romance, they found at Sundance Lodge, a privately owned recreation area on the banks of the Passaic River not far down Route 46 from the Willowbrook Mall in New Jersey. Elizabeth and Jacob Klein ran a small inn there during the 1930's, and over the years built two swimming pools, a picnic area, tennis courts, a volleyball court and other facilities on their 20 acres.