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...permeate Yugoslavia's economic society, and are the Yugoslav equivalent of shareholders. They elect the workers' councils, like the one at Red Banner, that serve essentially as a factory's board of directors. Behind the democratic facade, of course, Communist Party control is ironclad. In theory, says a Western diplomat in Belgrade, the self-governing councils are "the purest form of Marxism." But in practice, "the trade union and the management are all controlled by the local party in every big plant...
Across the social spectrum, Haitians have become increasingly open about voicing their opposition to the excesses of the 28-year-old Duvalier dynasty. Some even talk wistfully of a popular uprising or army coup. "There is a climate of extreme anxiety throughout Haiti," says a Western diplomat in the capital of Port-au-Prince. A Haitian industrialist calls this a "very explosive period." Says he: "People are tired and fed up with this regime." On New Year's Eve, Duvalier tacitly acknowledged the seriousness of the situation by taking drastic action: he fired four members of his "Supercabinet," which...
...annual budget, may also dry up. The U.S. is now in the process of examining Haiti's human rights record as a precondition to releasing $56 million in aid earmarked for the country. Duvalier's harsh response to the recent protests was a "giant step backward," says a U.S. diplomat in Port-au-Prince. In an effort to make amends, former Foreign Minister Jean-Robert Estimé traveled to Washington last month to meet with State Department officials. The Duvalier government promptly announced that it was undertaking an investigation of the Gonaïves school principal's death and gave Radio Soleil...
...year in Soviet-American arms control officially begins in Geneva this week. For the first time since last November, Chief U.S. Negotiator Max Kampelman is due to lead his delegation of diplomats and experts in a caravan of limousines from their headquarters across from the city's botanical gardens, up the Avenue de la Paix, through a heavy iron gate, past a phalanx of Soviet sentries and onto the grounds of the Villa Rose, which houses the Soviet mission. Kampelman will be met by his counterpart, Victor Karpov. Inside a modernistic annex to the baroque mansion, the two delegations will...
...sexagenarian, General San Yu; last August, at the Fifth Party Congress, the 18-man Central Executive Committee all but enshrined San Yu as Ne Win's heir apparent by creating the new position of deputy party chairman for him. That suggests much of the same. Moreover, adds a foreign diplomat, "Nobody has made a decision in this country for so long except Ne Win that nobody has any experience in doing so." Nor is it likely that those in power will dismantle the foundations on which they sit. "If they try a sudden leap forward," says a Western diplomat...