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...than did Dobrynin. Indeed, that may be precisely why he was chosen. Many observers see it as a bid by Dobrynin to keep the reins of U.S.-Soviet relations in his own hands back in Moscow. "It suggests that Dobrynin intends to remain in control of the American account," said one U.S. official, "because there would not be another indispensable Russian in Washington." Agrees Sovietologist Dimitri Simes of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "Dobrynin did not want another Dobrynin." The bigger question, of course, is what Dubinin's appointment portends for U.S.-Soviet relations. As Washington and the Kremlin...
...Washington Post on Wednesday published another sensitive story on the Pelton case. The front-page article, however, had been abridged after numerous discussions with Casey and other Administration officials. The published story, written by Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward and Reporter Patrick E. Tyler, provided a relatively innocuous account of Pelton's encounters with Soviet agents. Removed were any technical details of the spying techniques that Pelton allegedly betrayed...
...President Reagan took the extraordinary step of telephoning Post Chairman Katharine Graham. In what Graham described as a "very civilized, low-key conversation," Reagan stressed that the matter was of the highest security importance and warned that he would support prosecution if the Post printed the full account...
While national security concerns are often taken into account on sensitive stories, news editors insist that the final decision on what to publish must be their own. Casey has contacted the Post six times in the past year with objections to specific articles, according to Post editors, and in one case the paper killed the story. Others argue that Casey's campaign is misdirected. "The public has the idea that the press is constantly breaking secrets," says A.M. Rosenthal, executive editor of the New York Times. "The reality is that it is the U.S. Government and U.S. officials...
...week, and consider it a necessity to get away when they are feeling frayed. Explains Michele Roskov, 27, a TV and film producer in Los Angeles: "It is an appointment with myself. The rest of the year is spent on appointments with everyone else." Another change: men now account for a quarter of all guests, and they fit right in, bringing a loftier tone in the opinion of some. Maia O'Farrill, a fitness instructor at a California spa, especially likes men's weeks "because they don't bitch and moan the way women do. Couples' week...