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...three years the mandate of the U.N. Emergency Force now in the buffer zone. It would also allow Israeli cargoes through the Suez Canal, soften its anti-Israel propaganda, pledge not to support efforts by other Arab states to oust Israel from the U.N., and temper its current economic boycott of firms doing business with Israel. Sadat, of course, has already reopened the Suez Canal and twice extended the mandate of the U.N. buffer force. Under the same unpublished codicil, Israel would apparently accept the principle of negotiating a similar interim agreement with the Syrians, and perhaps the Palestinians...
Already, emotions are rising as economically interested groups argue the pros and cons of the new Soviet grain deals. Last week an ad hoc committee of the AFL-CIO maritime unions, which are threatening to boycott the Soviet shipment, met with Butz to protest the sales. "This sounds like the 1972 rip-off all over again, and we won't stand for it," said the Longshoremen's Thomas Gleason, referring to the Soviet purchase of 19 million tons of U.S. grain three summers ago. "Nobody is going to be ripped off," Butz assured the seamen. Said Don Woodward...
...Nigeria also fear that Mohammed's Moslem background might lead to a less moderate policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. Under Gowon's leadership, Nigeria, an OPEC member and in recent months the largest exporter of crude oil to the U.S., did not participate in the Arab boycott against Israel's allies after the 1973 Middle East...
...denounce the measures, especially the censorship rules that bar all Indian newspapers and radio from reporting their speeches. After the Lok Sabha voted to approve the emergency by a margin of 336 to 59, the bulk of the opposition made an embittered but dignified protest and announced they would boycott the rest of the session. They then walked out. Said P.G. Mavalankar, an independent: "This is the most obnoxious piece of legislation ever introduced in the history of India." Undeterred, the government then moved for approval of a constitutional amendment barring court review of the emergency decree. It passed...
Instead of trying to restore the confidence of consumers and investors by developing an economic policy that might lead to stability, the government has been attacking unnamed foreigners for organizing a phantom "economic boycott." Although the Common Market has delayed granting Portugal aid and trade concessions, Washington -despite its worries about the present regime-has supplied Lisbon with $15 million...