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...lack of viable sanctions, Reagan's immediate response to the Soviet's brutal deed was mild: the usual harsh rhetoric coupled with some minor restrictions on cultural and diplomatic exchange. But despite the President's reaffirmation of his commitment to arms control, it is clear that this latest East-West crisis has been a boon to Reagan, slowing the nuclear freeze movement and weakening the Democrats' resolve to criticize the Administration's performance in Geneva. And it will give the Defense Department's desire for dollars--and the MX missile system--added credibility in Congress. Said one White House official...
...December deadline draws closer, the Kremlin has been bearing down on two threats that lately have been sounding less like bluffs and more like promises: if deployment goes ahead on schedule, there will be 1) Soviet "military countermeasures" that would further upset the East-West balance, thus presumably requiring counter-countermeasures on the part of the West; and 2) a Soviet walkout from both the INF and strategic arms reduction talks (START) in Geneva...
...occasion marked an improvement, albeit a small one, in the otherwise sorry state of East-West relations. The diplomatic assembly in Madrid was on the verge of concluding its second review of the historic 1975 Helsinki Final Act, the agreement that codified the framework of détente. But despite Kampelman's auspicious words, the Madrid exercise was not quite over. The agreement must be accepted by representatives of all 35 conference participants. The last obstacle to complete accord was the island republic of Malta, which insisted that all 35 conference members accept the idea of a future meeting...
...meeting's Spanish hosts, the obstructionist tactics eventually posed a logistical crisis. The building in which the conference was being held had been booked to accommodate journalists attending last summer's soccer World Cup. Thanks primarily to the East-West dispute over Poland's imposition of martial law, the conference site was left vacant all summer for the use of soccer fans...
...parties concerned have found the Tersk auction to be a stable, and profitable, island of amity amid the shifting tides of East-West trade. Equine dealings between the U.S. and the Soviets are even beginning to transcend buying and selling. A new concern called Fidelis International has struck a deal to market Soviet horses and stud services in the U.S. and Canada. Says a Soviet trade official with the terseness of a Yankee horse trader: "This is a good agreement...