Word: east-west
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...world's oceans, their 336 slender missiles within range of Soviet targets; 90 B-52 bombers ready to take to the air on 15 minutes' alert; six aircraft-carrier task groups deployed in the world's oceans; five combat-ready divisions positioned in Germany from the Rhine to the East-West frontier...
...leaders of Britain, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada. He plans to listen and learn, and not press too hard for U.S. policies. No one expects great decisions to be made. At best the negotiators may agree to cooperate on such problems as economic stagnation, nuclear proliferation, East-West relations and Middle East tensions...
...discussion of East-West relations may be somewhat more encouraging. Last week the U.S. and Russia announced that they would resume working-level negotiations on SALT I early this month. Late in May, high-level talks are expected to start again. The announcement seemed to confirm Carter's claim that the quick adjournment of the SALT talks in March was not as calamitous as many observers made it out to be. Basically, there are no differences between the Europeans and Carter on the need to make detente into a two-way exchange, with benefits for both East and West...
...nonlethal" equipment (including a C-130 transport, radio equipment and aircraft parts) but turned down Mobutu's request for arms and ammunition. During last year's presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter had opposed the Ford Administration's arms sales to Zaire, saying they were "fueling the East-West arms race in Africa." While watching the developments in Zaire closely, the new Administration remains hopeful that Nigeria's mediating efforts may still succeed. Behind the scenes, Washington may have played a part in soliciting aid for Mobutu from Morocco, France and Egypt, but officially it remained aloof. Said...
...Mobutu, the Soviets were apparently worried that a strong Zaire counterattack might weaken the shaky government of President Agostin-ho Neto in Angola, which still faces resistance from the UNITA forces of Jonas Savimbi (TIME, Jan. 17). For that matter, Mobutu was also eager to describe the war in East-West terms. After neighboring Zambia complained that a mission hospital near the border had been hit by Zairian planes, Mobutu accused the Soviets of bombing the hospital to stir up trouble between friends...