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...strongest words were those of Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, who publicly threw Russia's support behind the peace efforts. "It is very important for the peaceful forces in the Middle East not to let the initiative slip away and not to allow the foes of peace to blow up the agreement or use it to cover up their aggressive designs," Brezhnev declared in a nationwide television broadcast. He strongly backed the Arab cause, but warned the guerrillas to refrain from troublemaking. Said Brezhnev: "What is needed is not new provocations and subterfuges designed to circumvent or violate...
...Brezhnev's remarks came three days after a startling suggestion by U.S. officials that Washington might be willing to join with the Soviet Union in policing the Middle East ceasefire. The idea of a joint Soviet-American guarantee for a negotiated settlement was offered by Administration leaders at San Clemente during a background briefing of Western editors and publishers. The U.S. suggestion drew immediate and harsh criticism from Arab and Israeli diplomats alike. Administration officials hastily emphasized that it was nothing but speculation and that the Russians had not even been consulted about the idea. Nonetheless, some diplomats interpreted...
Under the rule of Brezhnev and Kosygin, a grim new strain has entered into the Russian ballad. Some recent songs describe the insane asylums where more and more dissenters, whose "crimes" do not qualify for prosecution under Soviet law, are imprisoned with genuinely sick people. For example, Vladimir Vysotsky, a popular balladeer, has composed a song called The Psychiatric Lyric. He sings of the silent, incurable lunatics who stare at the terrified political prisoner as he lies in the ward. "They are madmen of all kinds, quiet ones, dirty ones-starved and beaten as part of their cure. If only...
...setting. As millions of Europeans, both East and West, watched on television, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt stepped into the hall, past icons depicting St. Catherine holding a cross. At the same moment, Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin entered from the opposite door. While Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev and a group of German and Soviet diplomats looked on, Brandt and Kosygin signed a treaty that in effect marked the end of World...
During the signing ceremony that afternoon, Brandt got his first long close-up view of Leonid Brezhnev, whose presence was a sign of the great significance the Soviets placed on the treaty. While Kosygin did the signing as the Soviet head of government, Party Chief Brezhnev hovered over the proceedings, grinning broadly and appearing ostentatiously jovial. Afterward, he even lingered behind, waving and clowning for photographers. Unexpectedly, Brezhnev invited Brandt to a private chat later that afternoon. The two men talked for almost four hours, with only interpreters present. The contents of the discussion were not announced, but the talk...