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...Soviet campaign is clearly aimed at pressuring Western European parliaments, but this time with both carrot and stick. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, who last week dispelled rumors that he was gravely ill by appearing in public for the first time in 16 days (he showed up at a Moscow airport to welcome South Yemen's President), made ample use of both when he first launched the Soviet pitch in East Berlin on Oct. 6. On the one hand, he warned that if NATO carried out its ''dangerous'' plan, the Warsaw Pact would have...
After brandishing the stick, Brezhnev proffered a meager carrot. He said that the number of Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles aimed at Europe would be reduced if the NATO weapons were not deployed. He added that the U.S.S.R. would unilaterally withdraw up to 20,000 Soviet troops plus 1,000 tanks and other military hardware from East Germany within the next twelve months...
This may not be the time, however, for the U.S. to officially recognize the PLO. That option should be reserved as a carrot if the PLO acts reasonably and in good faith. This approach would be consistent with American policy toward the People's Republic of China before the normalization of relations early this year. Although the U.S. did not officially recognize China, the two countries did hold periodic talks to keep open the lines of communication...
Contrary to Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal's feeling [Sept. 17] that fear alone, through tougher auditing of tax returns, will force people to declare their full income, I feel the carrot-and-stick approach will be more effective. That is, decrease taxes for everybody, perhaps to just 10% of income, but increase the penalties for tax dodging. Herein everyone will...
...Arabs' carrot-and-stick diplomatic approach caught the Carter Administration off guard. The President's ambassador-at-large in the Middle East Robert Strauss, mistakenly reported last month that the Saudis were downplaying any possible link between their gift of increased oil production and diplomatic progress on the Palestinian issue. During his appointed trip to Strauss Riyadh, felt in that fact, the the newly Fahd was deliberately distinguishing between the two issues by introducing them separately and without any reference to "linkage." A U.S. expert concluded later: "It was classic Bedouin hospitality to avoid controversial subjects during...