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Finally, of course, there are East-West overtones. It is the proclivity of the Soviet Union to fish in troubled waters, and there is no reason to anticipate it could be any different in this situation...
...Soviet-American relations, there is a sense that American policy has recently been reactive to Moscow initiatives. Only three months after your talk with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, when you declared that Poland cast a long and dark shadow over East-West relations, there is talk about a summit with President Leonid Brezhnev and a rush to engage in arms-control talks...
...should have seen that not only do Latin American leftists behave reasonably when given a chance, but that Latin American rightists can commit actions just as onerous as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. But instead, the Reagan administration bungled both the Argentine and Nicaraguan situations, returning to its naive East-West explanation of the world. Despite Nicaragua's acceptance of the U.S. proposal for talks, which probably surprised Washington, a government "source" in the Washington Post recently declared the government's conviction that the Sandinistas' desire for improved relations is insincere, and that pressure and fear--not negotiations...
...blame for the decline in East-West relations does not lie entirely with the Soviets. Congressional meddling in foreign policy and the collapse of presidential authority during Watergate contributed to the breakdown of detente in the mid-'70s. The inconsistency and ineptitude of the Carter Administration made a bad situation worse. Then the Reagan Administration came into office with stubborn, simple-minded prejudices against arms control, unrealistic ambitions for massive rearmament, and a propensity for bellicose rhetoric that has frightened its allies and its own citizens more than it has restrained its adversaries. Administration officials have made numerous statements suggesting...
Although the point is often obscured by its simplistic and angry bombast about an East-West encounter in Central America, the Reagan Administration already does have in place the framework for an effective policy that takes into account the North-South problems of dealing with unstable and economically troubled nations. The Caribbean Basin Initiative of economic aid for the Central American region was enlightened and constructive, and was so hailed by leaders in the region...