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...mopping-up operation went on, the U.S., France and Italy, which sent the 3,960-man peace-keeping force to Lebanon, warned the Gemayel government not to violate anyone's civil rights. But there were few complaints from the civilians. Said a senior Western diplomat who monitored the crackdown: "On the whole, it was a humane and disciplined operation." Saeb Salam, a former Prime Minister and a respected spokesman for Lebanon's Muslim community, welcomed the Lebanese army's assertion of control. Said he: "We have been through such a dreadful experience in the last few years...
...such intercession did take place in August 1980, why should the Soviets try to kill the Pope nine months later, when Solidarity was already well established? Finally, if the Soviets were so concerned about papal intervention, why didn't that prevent them from ordering a Polish-executed crackdown last December? In attempting to answer the big question behind the attack on John Paul, NBC has raised dozens more...
...assault marked the first time that Communist Poland's martial-law troubles have spilled over into violent protest in the West. It gave Poland's government an opportunity to vilify the suspended Solidarity trade union, only a week after a harsh crackdown on tens of thousands of Polish demonstrators took to the streets to commemorate the second anniversary of Solidarity's founding. Said Warsaw's Communist Party daily Trybuna Ludu: "Solidarity extremists are now switching, as proved by numerous facts, to terrorist activities." But the terrorist action was energetically denounced by spokesmen for Solidarity, who disclaimed...
While agreeing that the internal Soviet telephone system urgently needs improvement, Western experts doubt the Soviet explanation. They see the elimination of direct international dialing as part of a general Soviet crackdown on communications with the outside world. Last month the Kremlin expelled Newsweek Bureau Chief Andrew Nagorski, accusing him of unethical journalistic practices. The Soviets arrested several members of an unauthorized "peace group" that was founded in June to press for better relations with the U.S. And last week Yelena Bonner, the wife of dissident Physicist Andrei Sakharov, announced that "cruel persecution" had finally destroyed the Moscow Helsinki Watch...
...author of the crackdown, according to some Western analysts, is Vitali Fedorchuk, who replaced Yuri Andropov as head of the secret police last May. Fedorchuk, who won a reputation for harsh treatment of dissidents when he was the KGB's chief in the Ukraine, is believed to be more sensitive than his predecessor to police complaints that there is too much contact between Soviet citizens and the outside world...