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...alienation, prophesying in works such as The Trial and "In the Penal Colony" the rise of totalitarianism. Marxists and theologists alike slug it out in studies with titles like The Kafka Problem. The Kafka Debate and even There Goes Kafka; there has even been talk of setting up an East-West dialogue. But the splendor of his posthumous relationship only throws into relief the incessant--and, in part, needless--suffering of his life...
...Haig-Gromyko confrontation lasted for eight hours, twice the amount of time originally scheduled. The two men, accompanied only by their interpreters, did in fact speak extensively of Poland, but as Haig said later, "Poland cast a long, dark shadow over all the discussions involving East-West relations." The U.S. believes that there must inevitably be a link between the state of affairs in Poland and Soviet behavior in other parts of the world (see following story). Thus, in the U.S. view, the Polish situation makes it impossible to announce the beginning of Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) with...
Haig decided to go ahead with the meeting in part because the NATO allies favor a steady East-West dialogue. Western Europe in particular sees the encounter as helpful to the Geneva-based U.S.-Soviet talks on limiting medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe. U.S. participation in those talks on Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) has been the allies' quid pro quo for allowing the installation of new U.S. missiles in Europe...
Haig has stressed that INF talks should not be halted by the crisis over Poland. Said he: "These INF talks must be dealt with outside the context of more normal East-West relationships, because there are fundamental advantages to the U.S. in continuation." One advantage is entirely practical: the Soviets install an additional SS-20 missile every five days, according to the State Department; the sooner a limitation pact is in effect, the smaller will be the ballistic threat looming over Europe...
Moscow's pamphlet is organized along roughly the same lines as its American inspiration: it is almost the same size (8 in. by 10 in.) and has a sequence of chapters assessing U.S. military capabilities and the East-West balance. It is replete with statistics culled from Western sources; the Soviets almost never reveal their own military data. In one respect, Whence the Threat is even superior to its U.S. counterpart: the Soviets were able to print actual photographs, which are readily available, of such new American weapons as the B-1 strategic bomber and the M-1 battle...