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...meaning to those who lead. The most powerful among them know that they too could be snuffed out in a few seconds' time. There is no doubt of the genuine shock and grief felt by Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. Some of those who know Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev believe that even as his nation coolly looks for advantage in the tragedy, the old Communist, down deep and for a fleeting second, felt remorse that one of the club to which he belongs had been so brutalized...
...longer part of the ruling equation, at least as it was centuries ago. The strongest bond is the shared burden of governing. At one juncture of the SALT I negotiations in Moscow nine years ago, to prove how difficult were Nixon's domestic problems with the treaty, Brezhnev was shown a secret cable from U.S. generals protesting the proposed agreement. Brezhnev smiled, and then whispered that he could show American negotiators almost identical dispatches from his own obstinate military...
...counterthrust to Gromyko s speech, Haig issued a statement summarizing the contents of a note that Reagan had sent to Brezhnev the same day Though the President wrote that the U.S hoped to forge "a stable and constructive relationship" with the Soviet Union, he accused Moscow of seeking "military superiority" over the U.S. and using force in regional conflicts to win a "unilateral advantage." Said one aide: "We figured that no matter what Gromyko had to say it was worthwhile trying to get in the last word." -By James Kelly...
...spite of these setbacks, the Soviet planners seem determined to furnish the people with enough bread and to prevent the mass slaughter of livestock for lack of feed grains. President Leonid Brezhnev is unwilling to risk a repetition of the demonstrations over food shortages that shook Nikita Khrushchev in 1962, when Russian workers painted USE KHRUSHCHEV FOR SAUSAGE MEAT on factory walls. To avoid reducing supplies to minimal levels, the Soviet leaders are expected to spend precious dollars and other hard currency on importing about 40 million metric tons of grain this year...
...weapons in the region, but the Soviets remain vague on whether they would dismantle any such arms on their side of the border. Franz Josef Strauss, the conservative candidate who opposed Schmidt in last year's election, charges that Brandt has allowed himself to become part of "Brezhnev's psychological warfare aimed at intimidating the West...