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...Andropov wants reform, slowly...
Since taking over Leonid Brezhnev's job last November, Soviet Communist Party Leader Yuri Andropov has talked a good deal about getting the Soviet Union's sluggish economy moving. At the beginning of the year he ordered police to round up "slackers," who were at the movies or at public baths when they should have been at work. He made a much publicized visit to a Moscow factory in which he told workers that "without discipline we cannot advance quickly." But there have been few substantive actions to match Andropov's words. Last week the government...
...addition, Soviet factory managers will have a greater say in giving bonuses and pay hikes to efficient workers and imaginative engineers. Reflecting a priority that Andropov has repeatedly stressed, they will be able to invest more funds in new technology. In a speech to the Central Committee last month, the Soviet leader pointedly criticized plant officials who were reluctant to modernize machinery because they feared that it would cause them to miss their production quotas and force them to dismiss workers...
...French Communists have since moved closer to Moscow on the missile issue. During a visit to the Kremlin two weeks ago, Marchais joined Soviet President Yuri Andropov in calling for "the balanced reduction of nuclear forces." They added the proviso that all missiles systems be "taken into consideration," a clear reference to Moscow's demand that France's independent nuclear arsenal be counted in Geneva. The Soviets, it appears, had successfully enlisted Marchais in their propaganda offensive...
...strength, and that failure to seek better relations with Moscow would only enhance Reagan's reputation as a dangerous hardliner. Visiting with the President in Washington last week, West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher reiterated the enthusiasm of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who met with Soviet President Yuri Andropov in Moscow two weeks ago, for a U.S.-U.S.S.R. summit...