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...virtually every international problem as a manifestation of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. rivalry. Haig returned home last week insisting that friends of the U.S. in Europe and the Middle East were reassured by America's determination to stand up to Soviet expansionism. But he also seemed somewhat chastened by criticism of the tenor of U.S. policy, as well he should be. Haig will soon be supervising an interagency review of East-West relations, and he hopes the outcome will be a more modulated and pragmatic approach to the challenge of dealing with the Kremlin...
Reagan's aides say that their man has a resounding mandate from the American electorate to threaten and punish the U.S.S.R., and if the Soviets make one false move in Poland or anywhere else, to foreclose indefinitely any improvement in East-West relations. Some of the more hawkish members of the Administration, particularly at the Pentagon and National Security Council, want to keep arms control on the back burner with the heat turned low, while they concentrate on a unilateral arms buildup and other measures to combat Soviet power. Whether there is strong domestic political support for such...
...claim that the ugly little war in El Salvador is a showdown between Soviet-Cuban expansionism and American resolve. There is little doubt that the Cubans and their Sandinista friends in Nicaragua have supplied the Salvadoran leftist guerrillas with arms. But by casting the Central American conflict in apocalyptic East-West terms, the U.S. has already prompted criticism from Western Europe, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and even China...
Marchais lashed out with a number of statements that served to frighten voters-and thus ensured the victory of Giscard's coalition. One theory was that Moscow may have had a hand in the French Communists' caprices, perhaps because it feared a leftist victory might shake up East-West relations. In addition, Moscow was believed to have grown comfortable with a succession of conservative Fifth Republic governments, dating back to Charles de Gaulle's return to power in 1958. Some analysts believe that Moscow may be exercising a certain amount of remote control once again...
...Polish situation. A day after the leaders of the ten European Community nations had warned against outside interference, the White House declared that "any external intervention in Poland, or any measures aimed at suppressing the Polish people. . . could have a grave effect on the whole course of East-West relations." To underline Washington's concern, Secretary of State Alexander Haig later described events in Poland as "very bad, very dangerous...