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...talks between the government, the Roman Catholic Church and Solidarity. Said the declaration: "The repressive measures taken by the Polish leadership under pressure from, and backed by, the Soviet Union, constitute a violation of human rights and of the Helsinki Final Act, and place a heavy mortgage on East-West relations...
...told the opposite, I replied sharply: "You and I know that is baloney. How is it that the Syrians and Egyptians are starting at the same minute all along the front if it started with an Israeli naval attack?" I warned Dobrynin that everything that had been achieved in East-West relations might be at risk...
...Madrid was to use the meeting as a forum to chastise Moscow and the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski for imposing martial law in Poland. The U.S. also seriously contemplated a boycott of the Madrid talks unless martial law was eased or lifted. European diplomats who believe strongly in East-West dialogue-notably West Germany's Genscher-balked at the plan. But Haig managed to persuade them to agree to a unified gesture of condemnation. The Soviet-initiated suspension of the conference thus played right into into American hands. Explained a Canadian delegate: "The whole thing was a fabulous...
...public disagreement over sanctions. Haig and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, both on overseas trips, managed to renew their differences only weeks after National Security Adviser William Clark was installed to help avoid such conflict. Weinberger has consistently argued for revoking the licenses and invoking even stronger restrictions on East-West trade to ensure that Western technology is "not exploited to make good the chronic deficiencies of the Communist system." Weinberger, who is especially critical of the European allies' involvement in the Soviet pipeline, sharpened his criticism in a 324-page message sent to Congress during his stay...
...another, the congressional directive ignored the question of murders carried out by the left-wing guerrillas. But as various human rights organizations began to assail the U.S. for supporting the Duarte government, the Administration took a tough stand, arguing that El Salvador occupied an important place in an East-West struggle for dominance in Latin America. As Haig put it, "The threat to democracy from opponents of peaceful change is particularly acute in El Salvador. The Duarte government is committed to political reform. Its opponents are determined to win by force what they could not achieve by ballot." Added Enders...